Country size comparison
compared to
Yemen is around the same size as Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 14% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (21.4 million more people live in Yemen).
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