Papua New Guinea is 4.48× the size of Virginia

What fits

• Virginia fits inside Papua New Guinea about 4.48 times by area.
• Papua New Guinea is larger by 361,000 km² (140,000 mi²), which is 348% of the area of Virginia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Papua New Guinea is about 15.2, Virginia about 3.38.

How they differ

• Papua New Guinea also has the larger population: 8.9 million against 8.6 million, 1.04× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 83 in Virginia against 19 in Papua New Guinea: Virginia is 4.33× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Papua New Guinea at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Virginia at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Papua New Guinea as 2.86× the size of Virginia instead of 4.48×.
• Together Papua New Guinea and Virginia cover 569,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 361,000 km², is about the size of Germany (358,000 km²).
• At Virginia's density, Papua New Guinea would have 38.7 million people (it has 8.9 million). At Papua New Guinea's density, Virginia would have 2.0 million (it has 8.6 million).
• Virginia's centre is 44.0° of latitude, about 4,890 km, farther north than Papua New Guinea's.
• Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Virginia is the 37th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Virginia lies about 44° of latitude (roughly 4,890 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 Virginia about 12,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Papua New Guinea and Virginia would cover 569,000 km², about the same size as Ukraine.
• Together they have 17.6 million people, about as many people as Malawi.
• Counted as a country, Virginia would rank 107th by area and 100th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 104,000 km² is 6.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 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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