Where is New Zealand?
New Zealand is an island country in Australia and New Zealand, with no land borders.
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Crazy but True
New Zealand was the first country in the world where women won the right to vote, in 1893, a quarter century ahead of Britain and the United States. It also has roughly five sheep for every person, down from a peak of about twenty two sheep per person in the 1980s.
New Zealand facts
- Capital
- Wellington
- Population
- 5,324,700 (2025)
- Area
- 270,467 km²
- Continent
- Oceania
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Currency
- New Zealand dollar (NZD)
- Languages
- English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language
- Coordinates
- -41°, 174°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- NZ · NZL
How New Zealand compares
- New Zealand is the 76th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Burkina Faso and larger than Gabon.
- It is the 122nd most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It has no land borders, one of 16 such countries on our map.
- Within Oceania, it is the 3rd largest of 6 countries by area.