New Zealand is 1.07× the size of Piauí
New Zealand (Oceania) covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Piauí (state of Brazil) about 252,000 km² (97,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 268,000km²New Zealand
- 252,000km²Piauí
500 km
- New Zealand
- Piauí
What fits
- Piauí is 94% of the size of New Zealand.
- New Zealand is larger by 16,500 km² (6,370 mi²), which is 6.5% of the area of Piauí.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Zealand is about 8.75, Piauí about 8.22.
How they differ
- New Zealand also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.62× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 20 in New Zealand against 13 in Piauí: New Zealand is 1.52× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Zealand at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Piauí at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows New Zealand as 1.88× the size of Piauí instead of 1.07×.
- Together New Zealand and Piauí cover 521,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 16,500 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
- At Piauí's density, New Zealand would have 3.5 million people (it has 5.3 million). At New Zealand's density, Piauí would have 5.0 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Piauí's centre is 34.3° of latitude, about 3,820 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
- New Zealand ranks 76th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Piauí is the 11th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Piauí lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,820 km) north of New Zealand.
- Shared out evenly, each person in New Zealand would have about 50,590 m² and each person in Piauí about 77,040 m².
- Laid side by side, New Zealand and Piauí would cover 521,000 km², about the same size as Thailand.
- Together they have 8.6 million people, 1.03× as many people as Honduras.
- Counted as a country, Piauí would rank 78th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| New Zealand | Piauí | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 268,000 km²104,000 mi² | 252,000 km²97,300 mi² |
| Official area | 268,000 km²Wikidata | 252,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 75th of 239worldwide | 11th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 5.3 millionWikidata, 2024 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 119th of 237worldwide | 18th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 20 per km² | 13 per km² |
| Capital | Wellington | Teresina |
| Latitude range | 53°S to 29°S | 11°S to 3°S |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. 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 252,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 252,000 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