Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 3.5 times bigger than Nicaragua.
Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 255% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (3.3 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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