Country size comparison
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Pennsylvania is about 4 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 25.08% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (3.1 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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