Papua New Guinea is about 5 times smaller than Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 19.74% the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is ~108.4 million people (98.8 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Democratic Republic of the Congo vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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