---
title: "Ethiopia vs New Zealand — area, population, currency"
description: "Ethiopia is 1,104,300 km² with 135,472,051 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/ethiopia-vs-new-zealand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Ethiopia vs New Zealand

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

1,104,300 km² vs 268,838 km² · 135,472,051 vs 5,324,700

Ethiopia is 4.1 times larger than New Zealand — 1,104,300 against 268,838 km². Ethiopia is 25 times more populous than New Zealand — 135,472,051 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | Ethiopia | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Addis Ababa | Wellington |
| Area | 1,104,300 km² | 268,838 km² |
| Population | 135,472,051 (2025) | 5,324,700 (2025) |
| Density | 122.7 /km² | 19.8 /km² |
| Currency | Ethiopian birr (ETB) | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Official languages | Amharic | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Time zones | UTC+03:00 | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 |
| Calling code | +251 | +64 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | Africa | Oceania |
| ISO codes | ET / ETH | NZ / NZL |

## Population density

Ethiopia is 6.2 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 123 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 — Ethiopia on the right, New Zealand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Ethiopian birr and the New Zealand dollar.
- New Zealand spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Africa and Oceania.

## Ethiopia

Ethiopia has the highest mean elevation of any country in Africa, with more land above 3,000 m than the rest of the continent combined. The Blue Nile leaves Lake Tana here and supplies most of the Nile's flow during the flood season. The country keeps its own calendar of thirteen months, running seven to eight years behind the Gregorian one.

## 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 Ethiopia bigger than New Zealand?

Ethiopia is larger — 1,104,300 km² against 268,838 km².

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

Ethiopia, with 135,472,051 against 5,324,700.

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

Ethiopia is UTC+03:00 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

- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [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]