Country size comparison
California, USA
compared to
New Zealand
California is about 1.5 times bigger than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 50% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (32.2 million more people live in California).
We have positioned the outline of New Zealand near the middle of California.
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This to-scale comparison of
New Zealand
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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