Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is about 16 times bigger than Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,502% larger than Solomon Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Solomon Islands is ~702,694 people (8.9 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of
Solomon Islands
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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