Papua New Guinea and Cameroon are almost exactly the same size
Papua New Guinea covers about 465,000 km² (180,000 mi²) and Cameroon about 464,000 km² (179,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 465,000km²Papua New Guinea
- 464,000km²Cameroon
500 km
- Papua New Guinea
- Cameroon
What fits
- Cameroon is 100% of the size of Papua New Guinea.
- The measured areas differ by 828 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Papua New Guinea is about 15.2, Cameroon about 15.1.
How they differ
- Papua New Guinea is larger, but Cameroon has the larger population: 28.4 million against 8.9 million, 3.18× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 61 in Cameroon against 19 in Papua New Guinea: Cameroon is 3.18× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,800 km apart.
- Together Papua New Guinea and Cameroon cover 929,000 km², close to the size of Tanzania (942,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
- At Cameroon's density, Papua New Guinea would have 28.4 million people (it has 8.9 million). At Papua New Guinea's density, Cameroon would have 8.9 million (it has 28.4 million).
- Cameroon's centre is 12.2° of latitude, about 1,350 km, farther north than Papua New Guinea's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Papua New Guinea | 1.00× |
| More people | Cameroon | 3.18× |
| More crowded | Cameroon | 3.18× |
| Farther north | Cameroon | 12.2° of latitude |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Papua New Guinea | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 15.2× | 15.1× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.91× | 1.90× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 1.30× | 1.30× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 1.25× | 1.24× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.85× | 0.85× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.15× | 0.15× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.05× | 0.05× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.05× | 0.05× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Papua New Guinea | Cameroon | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 465,000 km²180,000 mi² | 464,000 km²179,000 mi² |
| Population | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 28.4 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 19 per km² | 61 per km² |
| Official area | 463,000 km²Wikidata | 475,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Yaoundé |
| Latitude range | 12°S to 1°S | 2°N to 13°N |
| Continent | Oceania | Africa |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 463,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 465,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 464,000 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 475,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11