Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is about 1.9 times smaller than Thailand.
Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 52.39% the size of Thailand. Meanwhile, the population of Thailand is ~69.6 million people (64.6 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
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Moving from New Zealand to Thailand · UN DESA 2020
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