---
title: "Canada vs New Zealand — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 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/canada-vs-new-zealand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs New Zealand

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

9,984,670 km² vs 268,838 km² · 41,651,653 vs 5,324,700

Canada is 37 times larger than New Zealand — 9,984,670 against 268,838 km². Canada is 7.8 times more populous than New Zealand — 41,651,653 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Wellington |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 268,838 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 5,324,700 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 19.8 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Official languages | English, French | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 |
| Calling code | +1 | +64 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | North America | Oceania |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | NZ / NZL |

## Population density

New Zealand is 4.7 times more densely populated than Canada — 20 against 4 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 — Canada on the right, New Zealand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the New Zealand dollar.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Oceania.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## 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 Canada bigger than New Zealand?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 268,838 km².

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

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 5,324,700.

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

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 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

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
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- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
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- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
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- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
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- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)

## 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]