United Kingdom vs New Zealand: which is bigger?
New Zealand is bigger: 268,021 km² against 242,495 km², about 1.11 times the size of the United Kingdom.
Drop the United Kingdom onto New Zealand →Side by side at true size
Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.
And on the usual world map
On the usual world map it's the other way round: the United Kingdom looks 1.46 times bigger than New Zealand, because the map inflates the United Kingdom about 2.9 times and New Zealand only 1.81 times.
In numbers
- United Kingdom: 242,495 km² (93,600 sq mi), 79th largest, around 54°N
- New Zealand: 268,021 km² (103,000 sq mi), 75th largest, around 44°S
- The United Kingdom would fit into New Zealand about 1.11 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works