Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is about 18 times bigger than Rwanda.
Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,657% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (3.6 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of
Rwanda
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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