Christmas Island is about 3,428 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.03% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (9.6 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of Papua New Guinea vs. Christmas Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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