Country size comparison
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San Marino is about 7,588 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while San Marino is approximately 61 sq km, making San Marino 0.01% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (9.6 million fewer people live in San Marino).
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