Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 13 times bigger than Taiwan.
Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,186% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (14.0 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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