Country size comparison
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Tajikistan is about 3.2 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Tajikistan is approximately 144,100 sq km, making Tajikistan 31.13% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~10.8 million people (23,917 more people live in Tajikistan).
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