Papua New Guinea is about 1.9 times bigger than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 85% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (290,142 fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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