Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 1.2 times bigger than Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 18% larger than Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the population of Zimbabwe is ~15.1 million people (5.5 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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