Country size comparison

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Papua New Guinea is around the same size as Paraguay.

Paraguay is approximately 406,752 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 14% larger than Paraguay. Meanwhile, the population of Paraguay is ~7.4 million people (2.2 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Paraguay vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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