Papua New Guinea is 338× the size of Mexico City
Papua New Guinea (Oceania) covers about 465,000 km² (180,000 mi²) and Mexico City (federal entity of Mexico) about 1,380 km² (531 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 465,000km²Papua New Guinea
- 1,380km²Mexico City
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- Papua New Guinea
- Mexico City
What fits
- Mexico City fits inside Papua New Guinea about 338 times by area.
- Papua New Guinea is larger by 464,000 km² (179,000 mi²), which is 33,726% of the area of Mexico City.
- Measured in Belgiums: Papua New Guinea is about 15.2, Mexico City about 0.04.
How they differ
- Papua New Guinea also has the larger population: 8.9 million against 8.9 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 19 in Papua New Guinea: Mexico City is 338× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,900 km apart.
- Together Papua New Guinea and Mexico City cover 467,000 km², close to the size of Cameroon (464,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 464,000 km², is about the size of Cameroon (464,000 km²).
- At Mexico City's density, Papua New Guinea would have 3.02 billion people (it has 8.9 million). At Papua New Guinea's density, Mexico City would have 26,000 (it has 8.9 million).
- Mexico City's centre is 25.7° of latitude, about 2,860 km, farther north than Papua New Guinea's.
- Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Mexico City is the 32nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Mexico City lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,860 km) north of Papua New Guinea, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Papua New Guinea would have about 52,060 m² and each person in Mexico City about 150 m².
- Laid side by side, Papua New Guinea and Mexico City would cover 467,000 km², about the same size as Cameroon.
- Together they have 17.9 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
- Mexico City is drawn from 42 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Mexico City would rank 183rd by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| Papua New Guinea | Mexico City | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | Federal entityMexico |
| Area, measured | 465,000 km²180,000 mi² | 1,380 km²531 mi² |
| Official area | 463,000 km²Wikidata | 1,490 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 54th of 239worldwide | 32nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 99th of 237worldwide | 2nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 19 per km² | 6,486 per km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | – |
| Latitude range | 12°S to 1°S | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. 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 1,380 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,490 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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