New Zealand
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Oceania.
New Zealand is two long main islands running from northeast to southwest.
- Capital
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
More Oceania quizzes - Land neighbours
- None
- Population
- 5,324,700 (2025)
- Total area
- 267,710 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 43.9° S, 170.6° E
New Zealand at a glance
New Zealand is a country in Oceania. Its capital is Wellington, not Auckland. It has no land neighbours.
Flag of New Zealand
New Zealand’s flag is drawn in the proportions 1:2 (height to width), like 51 other flags in our quizzes.
Australia and New Zealand: dark blue flags with the Union Jack and the Southern Cross; Australia’s stars are white, with a large one under the Union Jack, New Zealand’s four stars are red with white borders.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Australia, Tuvalu, Fiji and Micronesia.
New Zealand in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Oceania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 5,324,700 | 123rdof 195 | 3rdof 14 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 267,710 km² | 74thof 194 | 3rdof 14 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $264.1B | 51stof 182 | 2ndof 14 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $49,591 | 21stof 182 | 2ndof 14 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 82.0 years | 29thof 195 | 2ndof 14 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.57 | 128thof 195 | 13thof 14 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $4,997 | 20thof 191 | 2ndof 14 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 84.0% | 34thof 195 | 3rdof 14 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 93.5% | 38thof 180 | 2ndof 11 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 37.8% | 73rdof 191 | 8thof 13 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 6.01 t | 38thof 181 | 2ndof 9 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
New Zealand and its nearest countries
New Zealand has no land neighbours, so this compares it with the four countries closest to it.
Quizzes featuring New Zealand
Map quizzes
Flag, outline and capital quizzes
- Flags of the World
- Country Shapes
- World Capitals
- Guess the Flag
- Guess the Capital
- Flags of Oceania
- Capitals of Oceania
- Oceania Country Shapes
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: New Zealand · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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