Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 18 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,728% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (3.8 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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