Country size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 6 times bigger than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 451% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in Alaska).
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