New Zealand is 2.25× the size of Louisiana
New Zealand (Oceania) covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Louisiana (state of the United States) about 120,000 km² (46,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 268,000km²New Zealand
- 120,000km²Louisiana
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- New Zealand
- Louisiana
What fits
- Louisiana fits inside New Zealand about 2.25 times by area.
- New Zealand is larger by 149,000 km² (57,500 mi²), which is 125% of the area of Louisiana.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Zealand is about 8.75, Louisiana about 3.90.
How they differ
- New Zealand also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 4.7 million, 1.14× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 39 in Louisiana against 20 in New Zealand: Louisiana is 1.97× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Zealand at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Louisiana at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows New Zealand as 2.96× the size of Louisiana instead of 2.25×.
- Together New Zealand and Louisiana cover 388,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 149,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
- At Louisiana's density, New Zealand would have 10.5 million people (it has 5.3 million). At New Zealand's density, Louisiana would have 2.4 million (it has 4.7 million).
- Louisiana's centre is 72.8° of latitude, about 8,090 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
- New Zealand ranks 76th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Louisiana lies about 73° of latitude (roughly 8,090 km) north of New Zealand, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in New Zealand would have about 50,590 m² and each person in Louisiana about 25,670 m².
- Laid side by side, New Zealand and Louisiana would cover 388,000 km², about the same size as Zimbabwe.
- Together they have 10.0 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.
- Counted as a country, Louisiana would rank 101st by area and 128th by population.
Side by side
| New Zealand | Louisiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 268,000 km²104,000 mi² | 120,000 km²46,200 mi² |
| Official area | 268,000 km²Wikidata | 135,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 75th of 239worldwide | 32nd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 5.3 millionWikidata, 2024 | 4.7 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 119th of 237worldwide | 25th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 20 per km² | 39 per km² |
| Capital | Wellington | Baton Rouge |
| Latitude range | 53°S to 29°S | 29°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12