Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 3.3 times bigger than Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is approximately 140,663 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 229% larger than Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the population of Wisconsin is ~5.7 million people (3.9 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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