Papua New Guinea vs Thailand
Thailand is 11% larger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New GuineaThailandPapua New Guinea moved onto Thailand · Equal-area projection
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Papua New Guinea is 0.9× the area of Thailand. Put the other way, Thailand is 1.11× the size of Papua New Guinea.
| Papua New Guinea | Thailand | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 462,840 km² | 513,120 km² |
| Population | 10,762,817 | 71,619,863 |
| Density | 23 / km² | 140 / km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Bangkok |
| Region | Melanesia | South-Eastern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 4 |
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; Thailand at 15° N is stretched to 1.07×. 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 Thailand?
- No. Papua New Guinea is 10% smaller than Thailand. Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km² and Thailand covers 513,120 km².
- How many times does Papua New Guinea fit into Thailand?
- About 1.1 times: Thailand has 1.11× the area of Papua New Guinea.
- Why do Papua New Guinea and Thailand 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 Thailand about 1.07×. 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 Thailand?
- Thailand: 71,619,863 people against 10,762,817. Density: Papua New Guinea 23 per km², Thailand 140 per km².