Country size comparison

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New Zealand is around the same size as Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 94.51% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (2.4 million more people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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