Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 22 times bigger than Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 2,106% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (4.7 million more people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vanuatu vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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