Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 7,714 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.01% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~10.8 million people (10.8 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Papua New Guinea vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.