Papua New Guinea vs Taiwan
Papua New Guinea is 12.8 times larger than Taiwan. Taiwan would fit into Papua New Guinea about 13 times.
Papua New GuineaTaiwanPapua New Guinea moved onto Taiwan · Equal-area projection
12.8×
Papua New Guinea is 12.8× the area of Taiwan.
| Papua New Guinea | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 462,840 km² | 36,193 km² |
| Population | 10,762,817 | 23,262,544 |
| Density | 23 / km² | 643 / km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Taipei |
| Region | Melanesia | Eastern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 0 |
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; Taiwan at 24° N is stretched to 1.19×. 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 Taiwan?
- Yes. Papua New Guinea is 12.8 times larger than Taiwan. Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km² and Taiwan covers 36,193 km².
- How many times does Taiwan fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 13 times: Papua New Guinea has 12.8× the area of Taiwan.
- Why do Papua New Guinea and Taiwan 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 Taiwan about 1.19×. 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 Taiwan?
- Taiwan: 23,262,544 people against 10,762,817. Density: Papua New Guinea 23 per km², Taiwan 643 per km².