Country size comparison
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Virginia is about 4.5 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 22.16% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Virginia).
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