Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 2.5 times bigger than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 147% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (12.0 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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