Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 3.8 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 278% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (9.8 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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