Papua New Guinea vs Saint Barthélemy

Papua New Guinea is 19,285 times larger than Saint Barthélemy. Saint Barthélemy would fit into Papua New Guinea about 19285 times.

Papua New GuineaSaint BarthélemyPapua New Guinea moved onto Saint Barthélemy · Equal-area projection
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Papua New Guinea is 19,285× the area of Saint Barthélemy.
Papua New GuineaSaint Barthélemy
Area462,840 km²24 km²
Population10,762,81710,124
Density23 / km²422 / km²
CapitalPort MoresbyGustavia
RegionMelanesiaCaribbean
CoastlineHas a coastHas a coast
Neighbours10

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; Saint Barthélemy at 18° N is stretched to 1.1×. 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 Saint Barthélemy?
Yes. Papua New Guinea is 19,285 times larger than Saint Barthélemy. Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km² and Saint Barthélemy covers 24 km².
How many times does Saint Barthélemy fit into Papua New Guinea?
About 19285 times: Papua New Guinea has 19,285× the area of Saint Barthélemy.
Why do Papua New Guinea and Saint Barthélemy 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 Saint Barthélemy about 1.1×. 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 Saint Barthélemy?
Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 10,124. Density: Papua New Guinea 23 per km², Saint Barthélemy 422 per km².