Country size comparison
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New Zealand is about 8 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 12.51% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (30.3 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
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