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Cameroon vs Papua New Guinea: Land area in square kilometres

Cameroon
472,710 sq. km
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
452,860 sq. km
in 2023
Cameroon rank
52nd
Papua New Guinea rank
54th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Cameroon
  • Papua New Guinea
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k196119922023

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 472,710 sq. km against 452,860 sq. km in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 19,850 sq. km.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 52nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 54th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.