---
title: "Bangladesh vs New Zealand — area, population, currency"
description: "Bangladesh is 148,460 km² with 175,686,899 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/bangladesh-vs-new-zealand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Bangladesh vs New Zealand

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

148,460 km² vs 268,838 km² · 175,686,899 vs 5,324,700

New Zealand is 1.8 times larger than Bangladesh — 268,838 against 148,460 km². Bangladesh is 33 times more populous than New Zealand — 175,686,899 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | Bangladesh | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Dhaka | Wellington |
| Area | 148,460 km² | 268,838 km² |
| Population | 175,686,899 (2025) | 5,324,700 (2025) |
| Density | 1183.4 /km² | 19.8 /km² |
| Currency | Bangladeshi taka (BDT) | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Official languages | Bengali | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Time zones | UTC+06:00 | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 |
| Calling code | +880 | +64 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | Oceania |
| ISO codes | BD / BGD | NZ / NZL |

## Population density

Bangladesh is 60 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 1,183 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

- Different currencies: the Bangladeshi taka and the New Zealand dollar.
- New Zealand spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and Oceania.

## Bangladesh

One of the most densely populated countries on Earth, with over 1,100 people per km² — roughly the population of Russia in an area the size of Wisconsin. Most of it is the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna, the largest river delta in the world, and much of the land is under two metres above sea level. The Sundarbans mangrove forest on the coast is the largest of its kind.

## 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 Bangladesh bigger than New Zealand?

New Zealand is larger — 268,838 km² against 148,460 km².

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

Bangladesh, with 175,686,899 against 5,324,700.

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

Bangladesh is UTC+06:00 and New Zealand is UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
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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]