Burkina Faso is 1.02× the size of New Zealand
Burkina Faso covers about 273,000 km² (105,000 mi²) and New Zealand about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 273,000km²Burkina Faso
- 268,000km²New Zealand
500 km
- Burkina Faso
- New Zealand
What fits
- New Zealand is 98% of the size of Burkina Faso.
- Burkina Faso is larger by 4,270 km² (1,650 mi²), which is 1.6% of the area of New Zealand.
- Measured in Belgiums: Burkina Faso is about 8.89, New Zealand about 8.75.
How they differ
- Burkina Faso also has the larger population: 23.0 million against 5.3 million, 4.34× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 84 in Burkina Faso against 20 in New Zealand: Burkina Faso is 4.27× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,700 km apart.
- On a standard web map New Zealand looks larger than Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and New Zealand at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows New Zealand as 1.69× the size of Burkina Faso, when Burkina Faso is 1.02× the size of New Zealand.
- Together Burkina Faso and New Zealand cover 541,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 4,270 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At New Zealand's density, Burkina Faso would have 5.4 million people (it has 23.0 million). At Burkina Faso's density, New Zealand would have 22.7 million (it has 5.3 million).
- Burkina Faso's centre is 54.0° of latitude, about 6,000 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Burkina Faso | 1.02× |
| More people | Burkina Faso | 4.34× |
| More crowded | Burkina Faso | 4.27× |
| Farther north | Burkina Faso | 54.0° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | New Zealand | 1.8× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Burkina Faso | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 8.89× | 8.75× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.12× | 1.10× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.76× | 0.75× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.73× | 0.72× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.50× | 0.49× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.09× | 0.09× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Burkina Faso | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 273,000 km²105,000 mi² | 268,000 km²104,000 mi² |
| Population | 23.0 millionWikidata, 2023 | 5.3 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 84 per km² | 20 per km² |
| Official area | 274,000 km²Wikidata | 268,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Ouagadougou | Wellington |
| Latitude range | 9°N to 15°N | 53°S to 29°S |
| Continent | Africa | Oceania |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 274,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 273,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11