Chagos Islands vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is 7,714 times larger than Chagos Islands. Chagos Islands would fit into Papua New Guinea about 7714 times.
Chagos IslandsPapua New GuineaChagos Islands moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
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Chagos Islands is 0.0× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 7,714× the size of Chagos Islands.
| Chagos Islands | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 60 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 3,000 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 50 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Diego Garcia | Port Moresby |
| Region | Seven seas (open ocean) | 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. Chagos Islands sits at about 7°S and is stretched to 1.02× 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 Chagos Islands bigger than Papua New Guinea?
- No. Chagos Islands is 7,714 times smaller than Papua New Guinea. Chagos Islands covers 60 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Chagos Islands fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 7714 times: Papua New Guinea has 7,714× the area of Chagos Islands.
- Why do Chagos Islands and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Chagos Islands is drawn about 1.02× 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, Chagos Islands or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 3,000. Density: Chagos Islands 50 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².