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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Morocco is 67% bigger than New Zealand

Morocco: 446,550 km² (2024) · New Zealand: 267,710 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

New Zealand’s coastline is 5.1 times as long as Morocco’s

Morocco: 2,945 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Morocco’s highest peak towers 4,135 m above New Zealand’s

Morocco: 4,165 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 67% of Morocco, versus 37% of New Zealand

Morocco: 67.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Morocco has 7.2 times as many people as New Zealand

Morocco: 38.4 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Morocco is 4.3 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Morocco: 86 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in New Zealand are 1.4 cm taller than in Morocco

Morocco: 176.4 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 177.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in New Zealand are 3.5 cm taller than in Morocco

Morocco: 161.2 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 164.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in New Zealand is 8.1 years older than in Morocco

Morocco: 29.2 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Morocco have 0.6 more children on average than in New Zealand

Morocco: 2.21 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Morocco

Morocco: 8.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

New Zealand hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Morocco

Morocco: 0.2 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, Morocco 0.3

Morocco: 0.3 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Morocco 2

Morocco: 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?

New Zealand’s economy is 45% larger than Morocco’s

Morocco: $182 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

New Zealand produces 5.2 times as much per person as Morocco

Morocco: Int$11,112 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.0% in Morocco, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

Morocco: 9% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Morocco spends 3.5% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

Morocco: 3.5% (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, Morocco’s 23%

Morocco: 22.7% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Morocco’s

Morocco: 42% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

New Zealand spends 22 times as much on health per person as Morocco

Morocco: $232 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in New Zealand live 6.5 years longer than in Morocco

Morocco: 75.5 years (2024) · New Zealand: 82 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Morocco is 3.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in New Zealand

Morocco: 14.7 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

New Zealand has 4.9 times as many doctors per person as Morocco

Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

New Zealand has 3.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Morocco

Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 3.8 times that in Morocco

Morocco: 3.4 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 22% in Morocco

Morocco: 22% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

13% of adults in Morocco smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Morocco: 12.5% (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 2.35 points higher than in Morocco

Morocco: 4.65 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in New Zealand drink 19 times as much alcohol as in Morocco

Morocco: 0.5 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

New Zealand has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Morocco

Morocco: 32.8 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Morocco has 232 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Morocco: 3,354 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Morocco put in 466 more hours a year than in New Zealand

Morocco: 2,174 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in New Zealand went to school 6.7 years longer than in Morocco

Morocco: 6.2 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

New Zealand welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as Morocco (2019)

Morocco: 0.29 (2022) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Morocco has 6 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (9 against 3)

Morocco: 9 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Morocco 26

Morocco: 26 (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 91% in Morocco

Morocco: 91% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in New Zealand is 3.6 times as fast as in Morocco

Morocco: 76 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Morocco and New Zealand are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 63% in Morocco

Morocco: 63% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Morocco has 153 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, New Zealand 130

Morocco: 153 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

New Zealand’s railway network is 80% longer than Morocco’s

Morocco: 2,295 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from New Zealand fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Morocco

Morocco: 0.24 (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 13% of Morocco

Morocco: 12.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in New Zealand emits 3.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Morocco

Morocco: 1.8 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 24% in Morocco

Morocco: 24% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Morocco carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

Morocco: 17.4 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 14% more likely to be murdered in Morocco than in New Zealand

Morocco: 1.7 per 100k (2024) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Morocco are 2 times as deadly as in New Zealand

Morocco: 22.2 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Morocco is on average 8.2 °C warmer than New Zealand

Morocco: 19.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

New Zealand gets 6.7 times as much rain as Morocco

Morocco: 239 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 Morocco bigger than New Zealand?

Morocco is larger. Morocco is 67% bigger than New Zealand.

Which has more people, Morocco or New Zealand?

Morocco has 7.2 times as many people as New Zealand (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Morocco or New Zealand?

People in New Zealand live 6.5 years longer than in Morocco. Life expectancy at birth is 75.5 years in Morocco and 82.0 in New Zealand.

Are people taller in Morocco or New Zealand?

Men in New Zealand are 1.4 cm taller than in Morocco (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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