Country size comparison
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Zambia is about 1.6 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 63% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~10.8 million people (11.2 million more people live in Zambia).
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