Papua New Guinea is 3.10× the size of Ceará
Papua New Guinea (Oceania) covers about 465,000 km² (180,000 mi²) and Ceará (state of Brazil) about 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 465,000km²Papua New Guinea
- 150,000km²Ceará
500 km
- Papua New Guinea
- Ceará
What fits
- Ceará fits inside Papua New Guinea about 3.10 times by area.
- Papua New Guinea is larger by 315,000 km² (122,000 mi²), which is 210% of the area of Ceará.
- Measured in Belgiums: Papua New Guinea is about 15.2, Ceará about 4.90.
How they differ
- Papua New Guinea also has the larger population: 8.9 million against 8.8 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 59 in Ceará against 19 in Papua New Guinea: Ceará is 3.05× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 18,600 km apart.
- Together Papua New Guinea and Ceará cover 615,000 km², close to the size of Central African Republic (618,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 315,000 km², is about the size of Poland (313,000 km²).
- At Ceará's density, Papua New Guinea would have 27.2 million people (it has 8.9 million). At Papua New Guinea's density, Ceará would have 2.9 million (it has 8.8 million).
- Ceará's centre is 1.4° of latitude, about 150 km, farther north than Papua New Guinea's.
- Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Ceará is the 17th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 6°S and 5°S.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Papua New Guinea would have about 52,060 m² and each person in Ceará about 17,080 m².
- Laid side by side, Papua New Guinea and Ceará would cover 615,000 km², about the same size as the Central African Republic.
- Together they have 17.7 million people, about as many people as Malawi.
- Counted as a country, Ceará would rank 93rd by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| Papua New Guinea | Ceará | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 465,000 km²180,000 mi² | 150,000 km²58,000 mi² |
| Official area | 463,000 km²Wikidata | 146,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 54th of 239worldwide | 17th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 99th of 237worldwide | 8th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 19 per km² | 59 per km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Fortaleza |
| Latitude range | 12°S to 1°S | 8°S to 3°S |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 150,000 km² is 2.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 146,000 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 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12