Papua New Guinea vs Trinidad and Tobago
Papua New Guinea is 90.3 times larger than Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago would fit into Papua New Guinea about 90 times.
Papua New GuineaTrinidad and TobagoPapua New Guinea moved onto Trinidad and Tobago · Equal-area projection
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Papua New Guinea is 90.3× the area of Trinidad and Tobago.
| Papua New Guinea | Trinidad and Tobago | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 462,840 km² | 5,128 km² |
| Population | 10,762,817 | 1,367,764 |
| Density | 23 / km² | 267 / km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Port-of-Spain |
| Region | Melanesia | Caribbean |
| 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; Trinidad and Tobago at 10° N is stretched to 1.03×. 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- Yes. Papua New Guinea is 90.3 times larger than Trinidad and Tobago. Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km² and Trinidad and Tobago covers 5,128 km².
- How many times does Trinidad and Tobago fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 90 times: Papua New Guinea has 90.3× the area of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Why do Papua New Guinea and Trinidad and Tobago 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 Trinidad and Tobago about 1.03×. 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 1,367,764. Density: Papua New Guinea 23 per km², Trinidad and Tobago 267 per km².