Papua New Guinea is 251× the size of Osaka
Papua New Guinea (Oceania) covers about 465,000 km² (180,000 mi²) and Osaka (prefecture of Japan) about 1,860 km² (716 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 465,000km²Papua New Guinea
- 1,860km²Osaka
500 km
- Papua New Guinea
- Osaka
What fits
- Osaka fits inside Papua New Guinea about 251 times by area.
- Papua New Guinea is larger by 463,000 km² (179,000 mi²), which is 24,975% of the area of Osaka.
- Measured in Belgiums: Papua New Guinea is about 15.2, Osaka about 0.06.
How they differ
- Papua New Guinea also has the larger population: 8.9 million against 8.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 4,758 in Osaka against 19 in Papua New Guinea: Osaka is 248× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,680 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Papua New Guinea at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Osaka at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Papua New Guinea as 172× the size of Osaka instead of 251×.
- Together Papua New Guinea and Osaka cover 467,000 km², close to the size of Cameroon (464,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 463,000 km², is about the size of Cameroon (464,000 km²).
- At Osaka's density, Papua New Guinea would have 2.21 billion people (it has 8.9 million). At Papua New Guinea's density, Osaka would have 36,000 (it has 8.8 million).
- Osaka's centre is 41.1° of latitude, about 4,570 km, farther north than Papua New Guinea's.
- Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Osaka is the 46th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Osaka lies about 41° of latitude (roughly 4,570 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 Osaka about 210 m².
- Laid side by side, Papua New Guinea and Osaka would cover 467,000 km², about the same size as Cameroon.
- Together they have 17.8 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
- Osaka is drawn from 55 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, Osaka would rank 182nd by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| Papua New Guinea | Osaka | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 465,000 km²180,000 mi² | 1,860 km²716 mi² |
| Official area | 463,000 km²Wikidata | 1,910 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 54th of 239worldwide | 46th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 99th of 237worldwide | 3rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 19 per km² | 4,758 per km² |
| Capital | Port Moresby | Osaka |
| Latitude range | 12°S to 1°S | 34°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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 1,860 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,910 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Similar in size to Papua New Guinea
Similar in size to Osaka
More from the same country
More comparisons
Send it to someone who won’t believe it
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