Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 2 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 50.92% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (25.9 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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