---
title: "New Zealand vs Vietnam — area, population, currency"
description: "New Zealand is 268,838 km² with 5,324,700 people; Vietnam is 331,210 km² with 101,598,527. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-vietnam/
site: "At One Place"
---

# New Zealand vs Vietnam

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

268,838 km² vs 331,210 km² · 5,324,700 vs 101,598,527

Vietnam is 1.2 times larger than New Zealand — 331,210 against 268,838 km². Vietnam is 19 times more populous than New Zealand — 101,598,527 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | New Zealand | Vietnam |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Wellington | Hanoi |
| Area | 268,838 km² | 331,210 km² |
| Population | 5,324,700 (2025) | 101,598,527 (2025) |
| Density | 19.8 /km² | 306.7 /km² |
| Currency | New Zealand dollar (NZD) | Vietnamese đồng (VND) |
| Official languages | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language | Vietnamese |
| Time zones | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 | UTC+07:00 |
| Calling code | +64 | +84 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Oceania | Asia |
| ISO codes | NZ / NZL | VN / VNM |

## Population density

Vietnam is 15 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 307 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, Vietnam on the right.
- Different currencies: the New Zealand dollar and the Vietnamese đồng.
- New Zealand spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Oceania and Asia.

## 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.

## Vietnam

Long and narrow: about 1,650 km from north to south and under 50 km wide at the waist. Hang Sơn Đoòng in Phong Nha is the largest known cave passage in the world, big enough to hold a New York block of 40-storey buildings, with its own river, jungle and clouds. Hạ Long Bay holds roughly 1,600 limestone karst islands.

> 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 Vietnam?

Vietnam is larger — 331,210 km² against 268,838 km².

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

Vietnam, with 101,598,527 against 5,324,700.

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

New Zealand is UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 and Vietnam is UTC+07:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

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

## 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]