Papua New Guinea is about 163 times bigger than Samoa.

Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 16,249% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~206,179 people (9.4 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Samoa vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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