Barbados vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is 1,054 times larger than Barbados. Barbados would fit into Papua New Guinea about 1054 times.
BarbadosPapua New GuineaBarbados moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
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Barbados is 0.0× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 1,054× the size of Barbados.
| Barbados | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 439 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 282,623 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 644 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Bridgetown | Port Moresby |
| Region | Caribbean | Melanesia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 1 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Barbados sits at about 13°N and is stretched to 1.05× its true area; Papua New Guinea at 6° S is stretched to 1.01×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Barbados bigger than Papua New Guinea?
- No. Barbados is 1,054 times smaller than Papua New Guinea. Barbados covers 439 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Barbados fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 1054 times: Papua New Guinea has 1,054× the area of Barbados.
- Why do Barbados and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Barbados is drawn about 1.05× its true area there and Papua New Guinea about 1.01×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Barbados or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 282,623. Density: Barbados 644 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².