Total & land area: Belize vs New Zealand size comparison

New Zealand is 11.7 times bigger by total area compared to Belize: 103,483 sq mi vs 8,867 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of New Zealand is 101,665 sq mi vs 8,807 sq mi for Belize — a 11.5 times difference in territory size.

Belize ranks 148/197 by total surface area vs 74/197 for New Zealand.
Belize occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.18% for New Zealand.
7.98% of Belize's area is agricultural land vs 36.9% in New Zealand.
Belize has 0.004% of the world's agricultural land area — New Zealand has 0.2%.
54.5% of Belize is covered by forests, compared to 37.8% in New Zealand.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Belize, and 0.25% are in New Zealand.

True size map comparison: Belize vs New Zealand

See how Belize and New Zealand compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Belize	New Zealand
Total area	8,867 sq mi	103,483 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	11.7
Total area rank	148/197	74/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.05%
Land area	8,807 sq mi	101,665 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	11.5
Land area rank	148/197	74/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.18%
Population	417,072	5,287,500
Population density	48.7 ppl/mi²	52.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belize	New Zealand
Forest area	4,801 sq mi	38,418 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.5%	37.8%
Forest area rank	117/196	53/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.25%
Agricultural land area	703 sq mi	37,494 sq mi
Agricultural land share	7.98%	36.9%
Agricultural land area rank	157/194	72/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.004%	0.2%
Arable land	386 sq mi	2,008 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	1.97%
Arable land area rank	147/191	123/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	278 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.4%	0.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	138/192	115/192
Water area	60.2 sq mi	1,819 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	1.76%
Water area rank	134/197	65/197
Roads length	2,039 mi	60,159 mi
Land borders length	337 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	9,404 mi
Share of marine protected waters	20.4%	30.4%

Belize vs New Zealand size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Belize and New Zealand but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.