Total & land area: New Zealand vs Taiwan size comparison

New Zealand is 7.41 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 103,483 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of New Zealand is 101,665 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 7.27 times difference in territory size.

New Zealand ranks 74/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
New Zealand occupies 0.18% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
36.9% of New Zealand's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
New Zealand has 0.2% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
37.8% of New Zealand is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.25% of the world's forests are in New Zealand, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: New Zealand vs Taiwan

See how New Zealand and Taiwan 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

	New Zealand	Taiwan
Total area	103,483 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	7.41	1
Total area rank	74/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.007%
Land area	101,665 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	7.27	1
Land area rank	74/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.18%	0.02%
Population	5,287,500	23,331,886
Population density	52.8 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	New Zealand	Taiwan
Forest area	38,418 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	37.8%	60.8%
Forest area rank	53/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.25%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	37,494 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.9%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	72/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.2%	0.02%
Arable land	2,008 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	1.97%	n/a
Arable land area rank	123/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	278 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.27%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	115/192	79/192
Water area	1,819 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.76%	0%
Water area rank	65/197	193/197
Roads length	60,159 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	9,404 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	30.4%	n/a

New Zealand vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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The map above outlines the borders of New Zealand and Taiwan 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.