Oceania · Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²), the 76th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Burkina Faso, at about 273,000 km².
- 268,000km²Area, main territory
- 5.3 millionPopulation
- 8.75In Belgiums
500 km
- New Zealand
Facts
| Area, main territory | 268,000 km²104,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 268,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 8.75 |
| Capital | Wellington |
| Population | 5.3 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 20 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 53°S to 29°S |
| In other languages | Nueva Zelanda Español · Neuseeland Deutsch · Nouvelle-Zélande Français · Nova Zelândia Português · ニュージーランド 日本語 · 新西兰 中文 · 뉴질랜드 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania#3 of 14 countries by area |
What the numbers say about New Zealand
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 63.2× the size of New Zealand.
- New Zealand ranks 75th of 239 by area but only 119th of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
- At 20 people per km², New Zealand is the 149th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large in area, so New Zealand looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, New Zealand's main territory stretches about 2,030 km north to south and 1,370 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
How New Zealand measures up
New Zealand holds 3.2% of the land area and 12% of the people of the 14 countries listed for Oceania.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 268,000 km² | 75th of 239 |
| Population | 5.3 million | 119th of 237 |
| Density | 20 per km² | 149th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 41.7°S | 211th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | New Zealand is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 8.75× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1.10× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.75× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.72× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.49× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.09× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
Where New Zealand sits
- New Zealand's centre lies at 41.7°S, 172.9°E, in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 4,640 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 53°S to 29°S, about 2,600 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
If New Zealand had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², New Zealand would have 336.3 million people. It has 5.3 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², New Zealand would have 999,000 people. It has 5.3 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 19.4 million.
About the same size as
Largest in Oceania
- Australia7,691,000 km²
- Papua New Guinea465,000 km²
- New Zealand#3 · 268,000 km²
- Solomon Islands27,200 km²
- Fiji18,900 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2024; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11