Papua New Guinea vs Yemen
Papua New Guinea and Yemen are almost exactly the same size.
Papua New GuineaYemenPapua New Guinea moved onto Yemen · Equal-area projection
1.02×
Papua New Guinea is 1.02× the area of Yemen.
| Papua New Guinea | Yemen | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 462,840 km² | 455,503 km² |
| Population | 10,762,817 | 41,773,878 |
| Density | 23 / km² | 92 / km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Sana'a |
| Region | Melanesia | Western Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 2 |
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; Yemen at 16° N is stretched to 1.08×. 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 Yemen?
- Yes. Papua New Guinea and Yemen are almost exactly the same size. Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km² and Yemen covers 455,503 km².
- How many times does Yemen fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 1.0 times: Papua New Guinea has 1.02× the area of Yemen.
- Why do Papua New Guinea and Yemen 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 Yemen about 1.08×. 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 Yemen?
- Yemen: 41,773,878 people against 10,762,817. Density: Papua New Guinea 23 per km², Yemen 92 per km².