Fiji vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is 25.3 times larger than Fiji. Fiji would fit into Papua New Guinea about 25 times.
FijiPapua New GuineaFiji moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
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Fiji is 0.04× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 25.3× the size of Fiji.
| Fiji | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 18,274 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 933,154 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 51 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Suva | Port Moresby |
| Region | Melanesia | 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. Fiji sits at about 17°S and is stretched to 1.1× 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 Fiji bigger than Papua New Guinea?
- No. Fiji is 25.3 times smaller than Papua New Guinea. Fiji covers 18,274 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Fiji fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 25 times: Papua New Guinea has 25.3× the area of Fiji.
- Why do Fiji and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Fiji is drawn about 1.1× 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, Fiji or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 933,154. Density: Fiji 51 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².