Country size comparison

compared to

Papua New Guinea is around the same size as Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 6% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (30.9 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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