Papua New Guinea is about 4.1 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 310% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (5.1 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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