Papua New Guinea vs Tonga
Papua New Guinea is 618 times larger than Tonga. Tonga would fit into Papua New Guinea about 618 times.
Papua New GuineaTongaPapua New Guinea moved onto Tonga · Equal-area projection
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Papua New Guinea is 618× the area of Tonga.
| Papua New Guinea | Tonga | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 462,840 km² | 749 km² |
| Population | 10,762,817 | 103,742 |
| Density | 23 / km² | 139 / km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Nuku'alofa |
| Region | Melanesia | Polynesia |
| 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; Tonga at 20° S is stretched to 1.14×. 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 Tonga?
- Yes. Papua New Guinea is 618 times larger than Tonga. Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km² and Tonga covers 749 km².
- How many times does Tonga fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 618 times: Papua New Guinea has 618× the area of Tonga.
- Why do Papua New Guinea and Tonga 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 Tonga about 1.14×. 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 Tonga?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 103,742. Density: Papua New Guinea 23 per km², Tonga 139 per km².