Country size comparison
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Saudi Arabia is about 4.6 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 364% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (25.8 million more people live in Saudi Arabia).
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