Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 6 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 545% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (900,892 more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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