Country size comparison
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Zimbabwe is about 1.2 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 84.43% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (5.5 million more people live in Zimbabwe).
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