Country size comparison

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Canada is about 37 times bigger than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, making Canada 3,614% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (33.2 million more people live in Canada).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Canada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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