Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 6 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 494% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (5.0 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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