Country size comparison
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Turkey is about 1.7 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, making Turkey 69% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (73.5 million more people live in Turkey).
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