Country size comparison

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New Zealand is around the same size as Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 13% larger than Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (13.5 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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