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title: "Austria vs New Zealand — area, population, currency"
description: "Austria is 83,871 km² with 9,208,163 people; New Zealand is 268,838 km² with 5,324,700. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/austria-vs-new-zealand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Austria vs New Zealand

**Austria vs New Zealand: New Zealand is larger; Austria has more people**

83,871 km² vs 268,838 km² · 9,208,163 vs 5,324,700

New Zealand is 3.2 times larger than Austria — 268,838 against 83,871 km². Austria is 1.7 times more populous than New Zealand — 9,208,163 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | Austria | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Vienna | Wellington |
| Area | 83,871 km² | 268,838 km² |
| Population | 9,208,163 (2025) | 5,324,700 (2025) |
| Density | 109.8 /km² | 19.8 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Official languages | German | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 |
| Calling code | +43 | +64 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | Europe | Oceania |
| ISO codes | AT / AUT | NZ / NZL |

## Population density

Austria is 5.5 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 110 against 20 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Austria on the right, New Zealand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Euro and the New Zealand dollar.
- New Zealand spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Europe and Oceania.

## Austria

The Alps cover roughly sixty percent of the country and around forty percent of it is forest. The Eisriesenwelt near Werfen is the largest ice cave in the world, with about 42 km of passage. Grossglockner reaches 3,798 m.

## New Zealand

Two main islands and around 600 smaller ones, roughly 1,600 km long. New Zealand broke away from Gondwana about 80 million years ago and had no land mammals except bats until people arrived, which is why so many of its birds are flightless. The Southern Alps run most of the South Island and reach 3,724 m at Aoraki / Mount Cook.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Austria bigger than New Zealand?

New Zealand is larger — 268,838 km² against 83,871 km².

### Which has more people, Austria or New Zealand?

Austria, with 9,208,163 against 5,324,700.

### What is the time difference between Austria and New Zealand?

Austria is UTC+01:00 and New Zealand is UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]