Total & land area: Hungary vs New Zealand size comparison

New Zealand is 2.88 times bigger by total area compared to Hungary: 103,483 sq mi vs 35,912 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of New Zealand is 101,665 sq mi vs 35,236 sq mi for Hungary — a 2.89 times difference in territory size.

Hungary ranks 108/197 by total surface area vs 74/197 for New Zealand.
Hungary occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.18% for New Zealand.
55.7% of Hungary's area is agricultural land vs 36.9% in New Zealand.
Hungary has 0.11% of the world's agricultural land area — New Zealand has 0.2%.
22.4% of Hungary is covered by forests, compared to 37.8% in New Zealand.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Hungary, and 0.25% are in New Zealand.

True size map comparison: Hungary vs New Zealand

See how Hungary 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

	Hungary	New Zealand
Total area	35,912 sq mi	103,483 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.88
Total area rank	108/197	74/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.05%
Land area	35,236 sq mi	101,665 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.89
Land area rank	109/197	74/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.18%
Population	9,562,065	5,287,500
Population density	268.9 ppl/mi²	52.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Hungary	New Zealand
Forest area	7,910 sq mi	38,418 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.4%	37.8%
Forest area rank	109/196	53/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.25%
Agricultural land area	19,626 sq mi	37,494 sq mi
Agricultural land share	55.7%	36.9%
Agricultural land area rank	87/194	72/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.11%	0.2%
Arable land	16,001 sq mi	2,008 sq mi
Arable land share	45.4%	1.97%
Arable land area rank	54/191	123/191
Permanent cropland	579 sq mi	278 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.64%	0.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	93/192	115/192
Water area	676 sq mi	1,819 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.88%	1.76%
Water area rank	97/197	65/197
Roads length	130,979 mi	60,159 mi
Land borders length	1,309 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	9,404 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	30.4%

Hungary 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 Hungary 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.