Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 40 times bigger than Qatar.
Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 3,895% larger than Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (7.1 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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