Country size comparison
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Romania is about 1.9 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, making Romania 51.51% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (8.9 million more people live in Romania).
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