Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 4.5 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 351% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (1.6 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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