CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia fits inside New Zealand 3.4 times

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · New Zealand: 267,710 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Czechia’s highest peak towers 1,572 m above New Zealand’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 46% of Czechia, versus 37% of New Zealand

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Czechia has 2 times as many people as New Zealand

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Czechia is 7 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 3.5 cm taller than in New Zealand

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 177.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 3.3 cm taller than in New Zealand

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 164.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 5.4 years older than in New Zealand

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in New Zealand have 0.2 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 18% in New Zealand

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 90 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Czechia 5.5

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Czechia 2

Czechia: 2 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Czechia’s economy is 48% larger than New Zealand’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Czechia produces 5% more per person than New Zealand

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Czechia: 0% (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 2.8% in Czechia

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Czechia’s 19%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Czechia’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

New Zealand spends 87% more on health per person than Czechia

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in New Zealand live 2 years longer than in Czechia

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · New Zealand: 82 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in New Zealand is 90% more likely to die before turning one than in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 21% more doctors per person than New Zealand

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as New Zealand

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 7% higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 32% in Czechia

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.17 points higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 53% more alcohol than in New Zealand

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 3% more meat per person than New Zealand

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Czechia has 263 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Czechia put in 67 more hours a year than in New Zealand

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 0.08 years longer than in New Zealand

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia welcomed 2.3 times as many tourists per resident as New Zealand (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 14 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (17 against 3)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Czechia 111

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 88% in Czechia

Czechia: 88% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in New Zealand is 46% faster than in Czechia

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Czechia and New Zealand are practically level

Czechia: 100% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 73% in Czechia

Czechia: 73% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Czechia 127

Czechia: 127 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as New Zealand’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from New Zealand fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 38% of Czechia

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 13% more CO₂ than someone in New Zealand

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Czechia carries 73% more fine dust than in New Zealand

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 90% more likely to be murdered in New Zealand than in Czechia

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in New Zealand are 54% deadlier than in Czechia

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

New Zealand is on average 1.7 °C warmer than Czechia

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

New Zealand gets 2 times as much rain as Czechia

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Czechia bigger than New Zealand?

New Zealand is larger. Czechia fits inside New Zealand 3.4 times.

Which has more people, Czechia or New Zealand?

Czechia has 2 times as many people as New Zealand (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or New Zealand?

People in New Zealand live 2 years longer than in Czechia. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 82.0 in New Zealand.

Are people taller in Czechia or New Zealand?

Men in Czechia are 3.5 cm taller than in New Zealand (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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