Country size comparison

compared to

Papua New Guinea is about 1.9 times bigger than Uganda.

Uganda is approximately 241,038 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 92% larger than Uganda. Meanwhile, the population of Uganda is ~46.2 million people (36.6 million fewer people live in Papua New Guinea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uganda vs. Papua New Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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