Equatorial Guinea vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is 16.5 times larger than Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea would fit into Papua New Guinea about 16 times.
Equatorial GuineaPapua New GuineaEquatorial Guinea moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
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Equatorial Guinea is 0.06× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 16.5× the size of Equatorial Guinea.
| Equatorial Guinea | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 28,051 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 1,938,431 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 69 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Malabo | Port Moresby |
| Region | Middle Africa | 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. Equatorial Guinea sits at about 2°N 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 Equatorial Guinea bigger than Papua New Guinea?
- No. Equatorial Guinea is 16.5 times smaller than Papua New Guinea. Equatorial Guinea covers 28,051 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Equatorial Guinea fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 16 times: Papua New Guinea has 16.5× the area of Equatorial Guinea.
- Why do Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Equatorial Guinea 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, Equatorial Guinea or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 1,938,431. Density: Equatorial Guinea 69 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².