Country size comparison
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Sudan is about 4 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Sudan is approximately 1,861,484 sq km, making Sudan 302% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (38.4 million more people live in Sudan).
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