Country size comparison

compared to

New Zealand is about 9 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 781% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (6.8 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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