Papua New Guinea is around the same size as Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 3% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (890,149 fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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