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Australia and New Zealand · sovereign state

New Zealand

Capital
Wellington
Languages
English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language
Currency
New Zealand dollar
People
5.32 million (2025)
Neighbours
none by land
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New Zealand

  • 4th lowest highest point 30 m · #4 of 213 · 2026 edition
  • 12th highest life satisfaction 7.00 · #12 of 163 · 2025
  • 17th highest air passengers per resident 2.82 · #17 of 165 · 2023

Surprising facts about New Zealand

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among New Zealand’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

New Zealand among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where New Zealand sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like New Zealand across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

Nearest countries

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New Zealand has no land borders: these are the 5 nearest countries by distance between capitals. Equal-area map centred on New Zealand.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people