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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

New Zealand fits inside Pakistan 3 times

New Zealand: 267,710 km² (2024) · Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

New Zealand’s coastline is 14 times as long as Pakistan’s

New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 8,581 m above New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 47% of Pakistan, versus 37% of New Zealand

New Zealand: 36.8% (2024) · Pakistan: 47.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 48 times as many people as New Zealand

New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025) · Pakistan: 255 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 16 times as densely populated as New Zealand

New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025) · Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in New Zealand are 10.4 cm taller than in Pakistan

New Zealand: 177.7 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in New Zealand are 9.9 cm taller than in Pakistan

New Zealand: 164.7 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in New Zealand is 17 years older than in Pakistan

New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023) · Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 2.0 more children on average than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024) · Pakistan: 3.55 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 4.4% in Pakistan

New Zealand: 17.6% (2025) · Pakistan: 4.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Pakistan hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.5 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, Pakistan 0.1

New Zealand: 5.6 (2026) · Pakistan: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Pakistan 2

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

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Pakistan’s economy is 54% larger than New Zealand’s

New Zealand: $264 billion (2025) · Pakistan: $407 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

New Zealand produces 8.7 times as much per person as Pakistan

New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025) · Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

New Zealand: no data · Pakistan: 33.5 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

New Zealand: no data · Pakistan: 23% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Pakistan and New Zealand are practically level

New Zealand: 5.1% (2025) · Pakistan: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Pakistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

New Zealand: 1.1% (2025) · Pakistan: 2.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

New Zealand: 29.5% (2024) · Pakistan: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 3.6× Pakistan’s

New Zealand: 86% (2025) · Pakistan: 24% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

New Zealand spends 165 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

New Zealand: $5,022 (2024) · Pakistan: $30 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in New Zealand live 14 years longer than in Pakistan

New Zealand: 82 years (2024) · Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024) · Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

New Zealand has 3.1 times as many doctors per person as Pakistan

New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

New Zealand has 4 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan

New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 43% higher than in Pakistan

New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 24% in Pakistan

New Zealand: 34.7% (2024) · Pakistan: 23.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

18% of adults in Pakistan smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 9.3% (2024) · Pakistan: 17.9% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in New Zealand rate their lives 2.13 points higher than in Pakistan

New Zealand: 7.00 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.87 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in New Zealand drink 102 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023) · Pakistan: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

New Zealand has 3.7 times as much meat per person as Pakistan

New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023) · Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

New Zealand has 608 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan

New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023) · Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Pakistan put in 764 more hours a year than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023) · Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in New Zealand went to school 8.6 years longer than in Pakistan

New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

New Zealand: 0.6 (2024) · Pakistan: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

New Zealand: 3 (2026) · Pakistan: 6 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 57% in Pakistan

New Zealand: 94% (2024) · Pakistan: 57% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in New Zealand is 11 times as fast as in Pakistan

New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026) · Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in New Zealand have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan

New Zealand: 100% (2024) · Pakistan: 95.7% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

New Zealand: 84% (2025) · Pakistan: 40% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

New Zealand: 130 (2024) · Pakistan: 77 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Pakistan’s railway network is 89% longer than New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018) · Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from New Zealand fly 101 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan

New Zealand: 2.82 (2023) · Pakistan: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 4.1% of Pakistan

New Zealand: 38.9% (2024) · Pakistan: 4.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in New Zealand emits 8.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Pakistan

New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024) · Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Pakistan

New Zealand: 88.5% (2025) · Pakistan: 42.7% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 7.7 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024) · Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3 times as likely to be murdered in Pakistan as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022) · Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Pakistan are 53% deadlier than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Pakistan is on average 9.9 °C warmer than New Zealand

New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

New Zealand gets 3.8 times as much rain as Pakistan

New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 416 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 New Zealand bigger than Pakistan?

Pakistan is larger. New Zealand fits inside Pakistan 3 times.

Which has more people, New Zealand or Pakistan?

Pakistan has 48 times as many people as New Zealand (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, New Zealand or Pakistan?

People in New Zealand live 14 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in New Zealand and 67.8 in Pakistan.

Are people taller in New Zealand or Pakistan?

Men in New Zealand are 10.4 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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