Papua New Guinea is about 4.2 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 23.56% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (119.6 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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