Papua New Guinea vs Venezuela
Venezuela is 97% larger than Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea would fit into Venezuela about 2.0 times.
Papua New GuineaVenezuelaPapua New Guinea moved onto Venezuela · Equal-area projection
0.51×
Papua New Guinea is 0.51× the area of Venezuela. Put the other way, Venezuela is 1.97× the size of Papua New Guinea.
| Papua New Guinea | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 462,840 km² | 912,050 km² |
| Population | 10,762,817 | 28,516,896 |
| Density | 23 / km² | 31 / km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Caracas |
| Region | Melanesia | South America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 3 |
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; Venezuela at 7° N is stretched to 1.02×. 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 Venezuela?
- No. Papua New Guinea is 49% smaller than Venezuela. Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km² and Venezuela covers 912,050 km².
- How many times does Papua New Guinea fit into Venezuela?
- About 2.0 times: Venezuela has 1.97× the area of Papua New Guinea.
- Why do Papua New Guinea and Venezuela 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 Venezuela about 1.02×. 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 Venezuela?
- Venezuela: 28,516,896 people against 10,762,817. Density: Papua New Guinea 23 per km², Venezuela 31 per km².