New Zealand is 8.57× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

New Zealand (Oceania) covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

268,000km²New Zealand
31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

500 km

New Zealand
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

What fits

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur fits inside New Zealand about 8.57 times by area.
New Zealand is larger by 237,000 km² (91,600 mi²), which is 757% of the area of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Measured in Belgiums: New Zealand is about 8.75, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 1.02.

How they differ

New Zealand also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 5.2 million, 1.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur against 20 in New Zealand: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 8.34× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 18,900 km apart.
Together New Zealand and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cover 300,000 km², close to the size of Italy (301,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 237,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, New Zealand would have 44.3 million people (it has 5.3 million). At New Zealand's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 620,000 (it has 5.2 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 85.7° of latitude, about 9,530 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
New Zealand ranks 76th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 86° of latitude (roughly 9,530 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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 6,060 m².
Laid side by side, New Zealand and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would cover 300,000 km², about the same size as Italy.
Together they have 10.5 million people, about as many people as Greece.
Counted as a country, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would rank 140th by area and 122nd by population.

Side by side

	New Zealand	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Is a	CountryOceania	RegionFrance
Area, measured	268,000 km²104,000 mi²	31,300 km²12,100 mi²
Official area	268,000 km²Wikidata	31,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	75th of 239worldwide	10th of 18in France
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	119th of 237worldwide	7th of 18in France
Density	20 per km²	165 per km²
Capital	Wellington	Marseille
Latitude range	53°S to 29°S	43°N to 45°N

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 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 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. The outline of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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

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