---
title: "Jamaica vs New Zealand — area, population, currency"
description: "Jamaica is 10,991 km² with 2,837,077 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/jamaica-vs-new-zealand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Jamaica vs New Zealand

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

10,991 km² vs 268,838 km² · 2,837,077 vs 5,324,700

New Zealand is 24 times larger than Jamaica — 268,838 against 10,991 km². New Zealand is 1.9 times more populous than Jamaica — 5,324,700 against 2,837,077 people.

## Side by side

|  | Jamaica | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Kingston | Wellington |
| Area | 10,991 km² | 268,838 km² |
| Population | 2,837,077 (2025) | 5,324,700 (2025) |
| Density | 258.1 /km² | 19.8 /km² |
| Currency | Jamaican dollar (JMD) | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Official languages | English | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00 | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 |
| Calling code | +1876 | +64 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | North America | Oceania |
| ISO codes | JM / JAM | NZ / NZL |

## Population density

Jamaica is 13 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 258 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 Jamaican dollar and the New Zealand dollar.
- New Zealand spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Oceania.

## Jamaica

The Blue Mountains rise to 2,256 m within about 15 km of the coast, so the island is far steeper than its size suggests. Cockpit Country in the west is a karst landscape of conical hills and sinkholes, largely trackless, and holds most of Jamaica's endemic plants. The island is about 235 km long and 82 km at its widest.

## 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 Jamaica bigger than New Zealand?

New Zealand is larger — 268,838 km² against 10,991 km².

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

New Zealand, with 5,324,700 against 2,837,077.

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

Jamaica 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

- [Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country/jamaica/)
- [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]