Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 99 times bigger than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 9,835% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (4.0 million more people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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