Country size comparison

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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 ~5.1 million people (62.7 million more people live in United Kingdom).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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