Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 2 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 50.1% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (226.8 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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