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Guinea-Bissau vs Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is 12.8 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Papua New Guinea about 13 times.

Guinea-BissauPapua New GuineaGuinea-Bissau moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
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Guinea-Bissau is 0.08× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 12.8× the size of Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-BissauPapua New Guinea
Area36,125 km²462,840 km²
Population2,249,51510,762,817
Density62 / km²23 / km²
CapitalBissauPort Moresby
RegionWestern AfricaMelanesia
CoastlineHas a coastHas a coast
Neighbours21

Why the map you grew up with disagrees

On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Guinea-Bissau sits at about 12°N and is stretched to 1.05× 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.

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Questions about this pair

Is Guinea-Bissau bigger than Papua New Guinea?
No. Guinea-Bissau is 12.8 times smaller than Papua New Guinea. Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Papua New Guinea?
About 13 times: Papua New Guinea has 12.8× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
Why do Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Guinea-Bissau is drawn about 1.05× 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, Guinea-Bissau or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 2,249,515. Density: Guinea-Bissau 62 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².
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