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title: "Colombia vs New Zealand — area, population, currency"
description: "Colombia is 1,138,910 km² with 53,425,635 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/colombia-vs-new-zealand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Colombia vs New Zealand

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

1,138,910 km² vs 268,838 km² · 53,425,635 vs 5,324,700

Colombia is 4.2 times larger than New Zealand — 1,138,910 against 268,838 km². Colombia is 10 times more populous than New Zealand — 53,425,635 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | Colombia | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Bogotá | Wellington |
| Area | 1,138,910 km² | 268,838 km² |
| Population | 53,425,635 (2025) | 5,324,700 (2025) |
| Density | 46.9 /km² | 19.8 /km² |
| Currency | Colombian peso (COP) | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Official languages | Spanish | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00 | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 |
| Calling code | +57 | +64 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | South America | Oceania |
| ISO codes | CO / COL | NZ / NZL |

## Population density

Colombia is 2.4 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 47 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 — Colombia on the right, New Zealand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Colombian peso and the New Zealand dollar.
- New Zealand spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Oceania.

## Colombia

The only South American country with coastline on both the Pacific and the Caribbean. It has more bird species than any other country, around 1,900, and more orchid species too. The Andes split into three separate ranges here, and the Chocó on the Pacific side is among the wettest places on Earth, with over 10 m of rain a year in places.

## 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 Colombia bigger than New Zealand?

Colombia is larger — 1,138,910 km² against 268,838 km².

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

Colombia, with 53,425,635 against 5,324,700.

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

Colombia is UTC-05:00 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

- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [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]