Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 7 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 551% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (3.5 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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