Papua New Guinea vs Turkmenistan: Surface area

Papua New Guinea

462,840 sq. km

in 2023

Turkmenistan

491,209 sq. km

in 2023

Papua New Guinea rank

56th

Turkmenistan rank

54th

Surface area over time

Turkmenistan currently reports 491,209 sq. km against 462,840 sq. km in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 28,369 sq. km.

That makes Turkmenistan's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

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

Globally, Papua New Guinea ranks 56th and Turkmenistan ranks 54th of 216 countries.

Indicator: Surface area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 16,395 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.