Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is around the same size as California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 15% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (27.7 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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