Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is about 18 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,728% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (3.8 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of
Maryland
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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