Country size comparison
compared to
Spain is around the same size as Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 9% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (37.6 million more people live in Spain).
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