Ecuador vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is 80% larger than Ecuador. Ecuador would fit into Papua New Guinea about 1.8 times.
EcuadorPapua New GuineaEcuador moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
0.56×
Ecuador is 0.56× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 1.8× the size of Ecuador.
| Ecuador | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 257,204 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 18,289,896 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 71 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Quito | Port Moresby |
| Region | South America | Melanesia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 1 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Ecuador sits at about 1°S and is stretched to 1.0× 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 Ecuador bigger than Papua New Guinea?
- No. Ecuador is 44% smaller than Papua New Guinea. Ecuador covers 257,204 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Ecuador fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 1.8 times: Papua New Guinea has 1.8× the area of Ecuador.
- Why do Ecuador and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Ecuador is drawn about 1.0× 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, Ecuador or Papua New Guinea?
- Ecuador: 18,289,896 people against 10,762,817. Density: Ecuador 71 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².