Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 2.8 times bigger than Suriname.
Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 183% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (9.0 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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