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).
This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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