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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

New Zealand fits inside Myanmar 2.5 times

Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024) · New Zealand: 267,710 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

New Zealand’s coastline is 7.8 times as long as Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 5,840 m above New Zealand’s

Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 37% of New Zealand, versus 20% of Myanmar

Myanmar: 19.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Myanmar has 10 times as many people as New Zealand

Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Myanmar is 4.2 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in New Zealand are 11.0 cm taller than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 177.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in New Zealand are 9.9 cm taller than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 164.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in New Zealand is 7.7 years older than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Myanmar have 0.5 more children on average than in New Zealand

Myanmar: 2.1 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 7.5% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 7.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Myanmar: 0 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, Myanmar 0.2

Myanmar: 0.2 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Myanmar 1

Myanmar: 1 (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 3.2 times the size of Myanmar’s

Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

New Zealand produces 9.5 times as much per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Myanmar: 30.7 (2017) · New Zealand: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Myanmar: 10.3% (2017) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 3.0% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 3% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

Myanmar: 6.6% (2024) · 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, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Myanmar: 6% (2019) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 3.5× Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 25% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

New Zealand spends 89 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: $56 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in New Zealand live 15 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024) · New Zealand: 82 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Myanmar is 8.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in New Zealand

Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

New Zealand has 4.8 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

New Zealand has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 3.2 times that in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 8.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Myanmar: 43.4% (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 2.71 points higher than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.29 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in New Zealand drink 4.7 times as much alcohol as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

New Zealand has 3.8 times as much meat per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

New Zealand has 312 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar

Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Myanmar put in 489 more hours a year than in New Zealand

Myanmar: 2,197 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 6.5 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

New Zealand welcomed 40 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

Myanmar: 0.01 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

New Zealand has 1 more World Heritage site than Myanmar (3 against 2)

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

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Myanmar: 0 (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 45% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45% (2020) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in New Zealand is 6.1 times as fast as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in New Zealand have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 80.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 31% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

Myanmar: 114 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Myanmar: no data · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from New Zealand fly 44 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.06 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 39% of New Zealand

Myanmar: 42% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in New Zealand emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.6 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 48% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 47.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Myanmar carries 4.5 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

Myanmar: 31.2 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 76% more likely to be murdered in Myanmar than in New Zealand

Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

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

Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Myanmar is on average 13.0 °C warmer than New Zealand

Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Myanmar gets 40% more rain than New Zealand

Myanmar: 2,233 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 Myanmar bigger than New Zealand?

Myanmar is larger. New Zealand fits inside Myanmar 2.5 times.

Which has more people, Myanmar or New Zealand?

Myanmar has 10 times as many people as New Zealand (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Myanmar or New Zealand?

People in New Zealand live 15 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 67.1 years in Myanmar and 82.0 in New Zealand.

Are people taller in Myanmar or New Zealand?

Men in New Zealand are 11.0 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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