Country size comparison

compared to

Israel is about 12 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 8.16% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (3.9 million more people live in Israel).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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