Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1.9 times bigger than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 85% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (290,142 fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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