Country size comparison

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Solomon Islands is about 9 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 10.75% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (4.4 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Solomon Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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