Country size comparison
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Turkmenistan is about 1.8 times bigger than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 82% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (583,007 more people live in Turkmenistan).
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