Country size comparison

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Papua New Guinea is about 12 times bigger than Bhutan.

Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,106% larger than Bhutan. Meanwhile, the population of Bhutan is ~867,775 people (8.7 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bhutan vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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