Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1.5 times bigger than Philippines.
Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 54% larger than Philippines. Meanwhile, the population of Philippines is ~114.6 million people (105.0 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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