Papua New Guinea is about 2.7 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 36.53% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (14.9 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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