Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is about 998 times bigger than Northern Mariana Islands.
Northern Mariana Islands is approximately 464 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 99,650% larger than Northern Mariana Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Northern Mariana Islands is ~51,475 people (9.5 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of
Northern Mariana Islands
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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