Papua New Guinea is about 11 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 1,014% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (7.8 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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