Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 480 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 0.21% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (9.4 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Papua New Guinea is 2.2 times more expensive than Sao Tome and Principe overall
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