Papua New Guinea vs Qatar
Papua New Guinea is 40.5 times larger than Qatar. Qatar would fit into Papua New Guinea about 40 times.
Papua New GuineaQatarPapua New Guinea moved onto Qatar · Equal-area projection
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Papua New Guinea is 40.5× the area of Qatar.
| Papua New Guinea | Qatar | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 462,840 km² | 11,437 km² |
| Population | 10,762,817 | 2,972,215 |
| Density | 23 / km² | 260 / km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Doha |
| Region | Melanesia | Western Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 1 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Papua New Guinea sits at about 6°S and is stretched to 1.01× its true area; Qatar at 25° N is stretched to 1.22×. 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 Papua New Guinea bigger than Qatar?
- Yes. Papua New Guinea is 40.5 times larger than Qatar. Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km² and Qatar covers 11,437 km².
- How many times does Qatar fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 40 times: Papua New Guinea has 40.5× the area of Qatar.
- Why do Papua New Guinea and Qatar look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Papua New Guinea is drawn about 1.01× its true area there and Qatar about 1.22×. 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, Papua New Guinea or Qatar?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 2,972,215. Density: Papua New Guinea 23 per km², Qatar 260 per km².