New Zealand is bigger than most people picture
Put the land area next to a few countries people think of as big, and the small island nation holds its own. Figures are placeholders until one consistent source is added.
Placeholder dataIllustrative numbers only. Not real statistics yet, so please do not quote us at the pub.
Warming up the dots...
In words: Placeholder data: bars ranking the land area of New Zealand against the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Japan and the Philippines.
View the data as a table (for the sceptics)
| country | area thousand km2 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 270 |
| United Kingdom | 244 |
| Italy | 301 |
| Germany | 358 |
| Japan | 378 |
| Philippines | 300 |
The full story is still being written. Until the real numbers arrive, treat this chart like a sketch on a napkin. Size is not everything, but it does help with the map.
TODO Replace with land area from one consistent source for every country. Later build the drag-NZ-over-countries interactive.
Source: Placeholder data, to be replaced by a consistent land area source. Retrieved: Not yet retrieved. Licence: To be confirmed on the source page. Data and notes.