Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is about 2.2 times smaller than Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 45.8% the size of Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (23.1 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
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