Country size comparison

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Papua New Guinea is about 1.9 times bigger than United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 90% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (58.2 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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