Cuba vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is 4.21 times larger than Cuba. Cuba would fit into Papua New Guinea about 4.2 times.
CubaPapua New GuineaCuba moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
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Cuba is 0.24× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 4.21× the size of Cuba.
| Cuba | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 109,884 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 10,937,203 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 100 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Havana | 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. Cuba sits at about 22°N and is stretched to 1.16× 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 Cuba bigger than Papua New Guinea?
- No. Cuba is 4.21 times smaller than Papua New Guinea. Cuba covers 109,884 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Cuba fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 4.2 times: Papua New Guinea has 4.21× the area of Cuba.
- Why do Cuba and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Cuba is drawn about 1.16× 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, Cuba or Papua New Guinea?
- Cuba: 10,937,203 people against 10,762,817. Density: Cuba 100 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².