Papua New Guinea is about 7 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 559% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (4.3 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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