Country size comparison

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Madagascar is about 2.2 times bigger than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 118% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (23.1 million more people live in Madagascar).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Madagascar uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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