Country size comparison
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New Zealand is about 10,340 times bigger than Tuvalu.
Tuvalu is approximately 26 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 1,033,892% larger than Tuvalu. Meanwhile, the population of Tuvalu is ~9,492 people (5.3 million more people live in New Zealand).
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