Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is about 24 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 2,309% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (801,604 more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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