--- title: "New Zealand vs United States — area, population, currency" description: "New Zealand is 268,838 km² with 5,324,700 people; United States is 9,833,517 km² with 341,784,857. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side." url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-united-states/ site: "At One Place" --- # New Zealand vs United States **New Zealand vs United States: United States is larger; United States has more people** 268,838 km² vs 9,833,517 km² · 5,324,700 vs 341,784,857 United States is 37 times larger than New Zealand — 9,833,517 against 268,838 km². United States is 64 times more populous than New Zealand — 341,784,857 against 5,324,700 people. ## Side by side | | New Zealand | United States | | --- | --- | --- | | Capital | Wellington | Washington, D.C. | | Area | 268,838 km² | 9,833,517 km² | | Population | 5,324,700 (2025) | 341,784,857 (2025) | | Density | 19.8 /km² | 34.8 /km² | | Currency | New Zealand dollar (NZD) | United States dollar (USD) | | Official languages | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language | English | | Time zones | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 | UTC-10:00, UTC-09:00, UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 | | Calling code | +64 | +1 | | Drives on the | left | right | | Continent | Oceania | North America | | ISO codes | NZ / NZL | US / USA | ## Population density United States is 1.8 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 35 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, United States on the right. - Different currencies: the New Zealand dollar and the United States dollar. - United States spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer. - Different continents — Oceania and North America. ## 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. ## United States Third or fourth largest country in the world depending on how China's area is counted. It spans six standard time zones across the fifty states, from UTC-10 in Hawaii to UTC-5 on the east coast. Death Valley holds the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth, 56.7 °C in 1913, and is 86 m below sea level; Denali, 5,500 km away in Alaska, is 6,190 m. > 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 United States? United States is larger — 9,833,517 km² against 268,838 km². ### Which has more people, New Zealand or United States? United States, with 341,784,857 against 5,324,700. ### What is the time difference between New Zealand and United States? New Zealand is UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 and United States is UTC-10:00, UTC-09:00, UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it. ## Related pages - [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/) - [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/) - [United States vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/united-states-vs-vietnam/) - [United States vs Vatican City](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/united-states-vs-vatican-city/) - [United States vs Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/united-states-vs-venezuela/) - [India vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-united-states/) - [India vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-new-zealand/) - [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/) - [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/) - [United Kingdom vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/united-kingdom-vs-united-states/) - [Japan vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-united-states/) - [Japan vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-new-zealand/) - [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/) - [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/) ## 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]