Country size comparison

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New Zealand is around the same size as Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 7% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (4.8 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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