Country size comparison

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New Zealand is around the same size as United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 10% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (62.7 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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