Country size comparison
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Australia is about 17 times bigger than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 1,573% larger than Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (16.5 million more people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Papua New Guinea vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Try dragging the outline to reposition.
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Quality of Life Comparison · 13 statistics
Make 92.9% less money in Papua New Guinea
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Papua New Guinea is 13.7% cheaper than Australia overall
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Moving from Australia to Papua New Guinea · UN DESA 2020
9,219 people born in Australia live in Papua New Guinea.
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