Country size comparison
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Turkmenistan is around the same size as Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 5% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (4.0 million fewer people live in Turkmenistan).
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