New Zealand is 1.05× the size of Ecuador
New Zealand covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Ecuador about 255,000 km² (98,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 268,000km²New Zealand
- 255,000km²Ecuador
500 km
- New Zealand
- Ecuador
What fits
- Ecuador is 95% of the size of New Zealand.
- New Zealand is larger by 13,500 km² (5,210 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Ecuador.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Zealand is about 8.75, Ecuador about 8.31.
How they differ
- New Zealand is larger, but Ecuador has the larger population: 16.9 million against 5.3 million, 3.19× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 66 in Ecuador against 20 in New Zealand: Ecuador is 3.36× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Zealand at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Ecuador at 1°S about 1.0×, so the map shows New Zealand as 1.89× the size of Ecuador instead of 1.05×.
- Together New Zealand and Ecuador cover 524,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 13,500 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At Ecuador's density, New Zealand would have 17.8 million people (it has 5.3 million). At New Zealand's density, Ecuador would have 5.0 million (it has 16.9 million).
- Ecuador's centre is 40.3° of latitude, about 4,480 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | New Zealand | 1.05× |
| More people | Ecuador | 3.19× |
| More crowded | Ecuador | 3.36× |
| Farther north | Ecuador | 40.3° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | New Zealand | 1.8× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | New Zealand | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 8.75× | 8.31× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.10× | 1.05× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.75× | 0.71× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.72× | 0.68× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.49× | 0.47× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.09× | 0.08× |
| 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
| New Zealand | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 268,000 km²104,000 mi² | 255,000 km²98,500 mi² |
| Population | 5.3 millionWikidata, 2024 | 16.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 20 per km² | 66 per km² |
| Official area | 268,000 km²Wikidata | 257,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Wellington | Quito |
| Latitude range | 53°S to 29°S | 5°S to 2°N |
| Continent | Oceania | South America |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 257,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 255,000 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