Country size comparison
compared to
Croatia is about 4.8 times smaller than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Croatia is approximately 56,594 sq km, making Croatia 21.05% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.3 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Croatia).
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Moving from Croatia to New Zealand · OECD 2023
33 people moved from Croatia to New Zealand.
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