Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 6 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 18.15% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (4.3 million more people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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