Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 18 times bigger than Rwanda.
Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,657% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (3.6 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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