Lebanon vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is 44.3 times larger than Lebanon. Lebanon would fit into Papua New Guinea about 44 times.
LebanonPapua New GuineaLebanon moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
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Lebanon is 0.02× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 44.3× the size of Lebanon.
| Lebanon | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 10,452 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 5,849,421 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 560 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Beirut | Port Moresby |
| Region | Western Asia | 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. Lebanon sits at about 34°N and is stretched to 1.45× 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 Lebanon bigger than Papua New Guinea?
- No. Lebanon is 44.3 times smaller than Papua New Guinea. Lebanon covers 10,452 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Lebanon fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 44 times: Papua New Guinea has 44.3× the area of Lebanon.
- Why do Lebanon and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Lebanon is drawn about 1.45× 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, Lebanon or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 5,849,421. Density: Lebanon 560 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².