Papua New Guinea is about 1.2 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 22% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (114.6 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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