Country size comparison
compared to
Sri Lanka is about 7 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, making Sri Lanka 14.18% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (13.6 million more people live in Sri Lanka).
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Be 2.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line in Papua New Guinea
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Papua New Guinea is 4.6 times more expensive than Sri Lanka overall
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