Country size comparison
compared to
United Kingdom is around the same size as New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 90.62% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.3 million people (64.2 million more people live in United Kingdom).
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United Kingdom
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5,847 people moved from United Kingdom to New Zealand.
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