Papua New Guinea is about 1.5 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 54% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (51.5 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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