Country size comparison
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Vanuatu is about 38 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, making Vanuatu 2.63% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (9.3 million fewer people live in Vanuatu).
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Quality of Life Comparison · 13 statistics
Be 72.9% less likely to have access to electricity in Papua New Guinea
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Papua New Guinea is 18.2% cheaper than Vanuatu overall
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Moving from Vanuatu to Papua New Guinea · UN DESA 2020
98 people born in Vanuatu live in Papua New Guinea.
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