Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is about 1.4 times bigger than Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 35% larger than Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (4.0 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of
Republic of the Congo
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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