New Zealand is 4.13× the size of Nuevo León
New Zealand (Oceania) covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Nuevo León (state of Mexico) about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 268,000km²New Zealand
- 65,000km²Nuevo León
500 km
- New Zealand
- Nuevo León
What fits
- Nuevo León fits inside New Zealand about 4.13 times by area.
- New Zealand is larger by 204,000 km² (78,600 mi²), which is 313% of the area of Nuevo León.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Zealand is about 8.75, Nuevo León about 2.12.
How they differ
- New Zealand also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 5.2 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Nuevo León against 20 in New Zealand: Nuevo León is 4.04× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Zealand at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Nuevo León at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows New Zealand as 6.04× the size of Nuevo León instead of 4.13×.
- Together New Zealand and Nuevo León cover 333,000 km², close to the size of Finland (333,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 204,000 km², is about the size of Belarus (207,000 km²).
- At Nuevo León's density, New Zealand would have 21.4 million people (it has 5.3 million). At New Zealand's density, Nuevo León would have 1.3 million (it has 5.2 million).
- Nuevo León's centre is 67.3° of latitude, about 7,480 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
- New Zealand ranks 76th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Nuevo León is the 13th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Nuevo León lies about 67° of latitude (roughly 7,480 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 Nuevo León about 12,520 m².
- Laid side by side, New Zealand and Nuevo León would cover 333,000 km², about the same size as Finland.
- Together they have 10.5 million people, about as many people as Greece.
- Counted as a country, Nuevo León would rank 124th by area and 122nd by population.
Side by side
| New Zealand | Nuevo León | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 268,000 km²104,000 mi² | 65,000 km²25,100 mi² |
| Official area | 268,000 km²Wikidata | 64,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 75th of 239worldwide | 13th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 5.3 millionWikidata, 2024 | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 119th of 237worldwide | 8th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 20 per km² | 80 per km² |
| Capital | Wellington | Monterrey |
| Latitude range | 53°S to 29°S | 23°N to 28°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2015. 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 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 km², to within 2%.
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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