Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Christmas Island instead of Papua New Guinea, you would:
Basic Needs
be 3.3 times more likely to have internet access
In Papua New Guinea, approximately 11.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Christmas Island, about 35.8% do as of 2016.
Geography
see 97.3% less coastline
Papua New Guinea has a total of 5,152 km of coastline. In Christmas Island, that number is 139 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Christmas Island: At a glance
How big is Christmas Island compared to Papua New Guinea? See an in-depth size comparison.