Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is about 1.4 times bigger than Norway.
Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 43% larger than Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (4.0 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Norway
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Try dragging the outline to reposition.
Compare further: Papua New Guinea vs. Norway
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Papua New Guinea on top of Norway
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 12 statistics
Make 21.5 times more money in Norway
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Norway is 71.7% more expensive than Papua New Guinea overall
→
Moving from Papua New Guinea to Norway · OECD 2018
1 people moved from Papua New Guinea to Norway.
→
Our free app, MapSize by MyLifeElsewhere — compare any two places, to scale on your mobile device.