Country size comparison

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Christmas Island is about 1,991 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.05% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Christmas Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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