Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 23 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 2,179% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (3.0 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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