Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 17 times smaller than Australia.
Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 5.98% the size of Australia. Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~26.1 million people (16.5 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
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Flip Comparison · See true size
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Quality of Life Comparison · 13 statistics
Make 14.2 times more money in Australia
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Australia is 73.0% more expensive than Papua New Guinea overall
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Moving from Papua New Guinea to Australia · OECD 2023
223 people moved from Papua New Guinea to Australia.
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