Italy is 1.12× the size of New Zealand

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and New Zealand about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
268,000km²New Zealand

500 km

Italy
New Zealand

What fits

New Zealand is 89% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 32,700 km² (12,600 mi²), which is 12% of the area of New Zealand.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, New Zealand about 8.75.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 5.3 million, 11.1× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 20 in New Zealand: Italy is 9.88× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 18,400 km apart.
Together Italy and New Zealand cover 570,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 32,700 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
At New Zealand's density, Italy would have 6.0 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, New Zealand would have 52.5 million (it has 5.3 million).
Italy's centre is 84.4° of latitude, about 9,390 km, farther north than New Zealand's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.12×
More people	Italy	11.1×
More crowded	Italy	9.88×
Farther north	Italy	84.4° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	New Zealand
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	8.75×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	1.10×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.75×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.72×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.49×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.09×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	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

	Italy	New Zealand
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	268,000 km²104,000 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	195 per km²	20 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	268,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Wellington
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	53°S to 29°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 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

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