Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is around the same size as Italy.
Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 89.21% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (56.0 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
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