---
title: "Nepal vs New Zealand — area, population, currency"
description: "Nepal is 147,181 km² with 29,618,118 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/nepal-vs-new-zealand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Nepal vs New Zealand

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

147,181 km² vs 268,838 km² · 29,618,118 vs 5,324,700

New Zealand is 1.8 times larger than Nepal — 268,838 against 147,181 km². Nepal is 5.6 times more populous than New Zealand — 29,618,118 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | Nepal | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Kathmandu | Wellington |
| Area | 147,181 km² | 268,838 km² |
| Population | 29,618,118 (2025) | 5,324,700 (2025) |
| Density | 201.2 /km² | 19.8 /km² |
| Currency | Nepalese rupee (NPR) | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Official languages | Nepali | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Time zones | UTC+05:45 | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 |
| Calling code | +977 | +64 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | Oceania |
| ISO codes | NP / NPL | NZ / NZL |

## Population density

Nepal is 10 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 201 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 Nepalese rupee 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.

## Nepal

Eight of the world's fourteen peaks above 8,000 m are here, including Everest at 8,849 m on the Chinese border. Elevation runs from 59 m in the southern plains to the top of the world in about 200 km. Nepal keeps its clock 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of UTC — the only country whose national standard time sits on a 45-minute offset.

## 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 Nepal bigger than New Zealand?

New Zealand is larger — 268,838 km² against 147,181 km².

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

Nepal, with 29,618,118 against 5,324,700.

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

Nepal is UTC+05:45 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

- [Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country/nepal/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
- [India vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-new-zealand/)
- [India vs Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-nepal/)
- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
- [China vs Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-nepal/)
- [Japan vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Japan vs Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-nepal/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Canada vs Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-nepal/)
- [Australia vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Australia vs Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-nepal/)
- [New Zealand vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-united-states/)
- [New Zealand vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-united-kingdom/)

## 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]