Country size comparison
compared to
Libya is about 3.8 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 280% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (2.5 million fewer people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of
Papua New Guinea
vs.
Libya
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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