Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 2.1 times bigger than North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 113% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (4.5 million fewer people live in New Zealand).

Flip comparison: see New Zealand on top of North Carolina

This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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