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title: "New Zealand vs Portugal — area, population, currency"
description: "New Zealand is 268,838 km² with 5,324,700 people; Portugal is 92,090 km² with 10,804,871. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-portugal/
site: "At One Place"
---

# New Zealand vs Portugal

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

268,838 km² vs 92,090 km² · 5,324,700 vs 10,804,871

New Zealand is 2.9 times larger than Portugal — 268,838 against 92,090 km². Portugal is 2.0 times more populous than New Zealand — 10,804,871 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | New Zealand | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Wellington | Lisbon |
| Area | 268,838 km² | 92,090 km² |
| Population | 5,324,700 (2025) | 10,804,871 (2025) |
| Density | 19.8 /km² | 117.3 /km² |
| Currency | New Zealand dollar (NZD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language | Portuguese |
| Time zones | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 | UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +64 | +351 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Oceania | Europe |
| ISO codes | NZ / NZL | PT / PRT |

## Population density

Portugal is 5.9 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 117 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 — New Zealand on the left, Portugal on the right.
- Different currencies: the New Zealand dollar and the Euro.
- Portugal spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Oceania and Europe.

## 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.

## Portugal

Mainland Portugal plus the Azores and Madeira, which push its exclusive economic zone to one of the largest in Europe. Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point of mainland Europe. Portugal produces around half the world's cork, most of it from the montado oak landscapes of the Alentejo.

> 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 New Zealand bigger than Portugal?

New Zealand is larger — 268,838 km² against 92,090 km².

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

Portugal, with 10,804,871 against 5,324,700.

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

New Zealand is UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 and Portugal is UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
- [Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country/portugal/)
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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]