Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 11 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 8.98% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (7.8 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Papua New Guinea vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Try dragging the outline to reposition.
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Make 93.9% less money in Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea is 19.9% cheaper than Netherlands overall
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