Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is around the same size as New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 12% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (56.0 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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