New Zealand covers 268,838 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.2% of all land on Earth. It ranks 76th of 237 countries worldwide and 3rd in Oceania. At 42° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.8×, drawing it closer to 482,268 km², a difference of roughly 79%.
For scale, New Zealand is roughly the same size as Ecuador (283,561 km²).
You could fit 3 of Jordan inside New Zealand.
New Zealand: key figures
| True area | 268,838 km² |
| World rank | 76th |
| Share of world land | 0.2% |
| Rank in Oceania | 3rd / 25 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.8× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 482,268 km² |
Largest countries in Oceania (true area)