Country size comparison
compared to
Samoa is about 163 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, making Samoa 0.61% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (9.4 million fewer people live in Samoa).
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Quality of Life Comparison · 16 statistics
Be 80.7% less likely to have access to electricity in Papua New Guinea
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Cost of Living Comparison · 5 categories - 2026 data
Papua New Guinea is 91.6% more expensive than Samoa overall
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