Country size comparison
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New Zealand is about 2.2 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 120% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (14.3 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
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