Country size comparison

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Papua New Guinea is about 21 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 2,010% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (678,613 more people live in Papua New Guinea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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