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).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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