Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 2.4 times bigger than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 137% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (7.3 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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