Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Wellington
- Region
- Oceania, Australia and New Zealand
- Population
- 5,324,700 (2025)
- Area
- 268,680 km²
- Currency
- New Zealand dollar (NZD)
- Languages
- English, Maori
- Calling code
- +64
- Internet domain
- .nz
- ISO codes
- NZ, NZL, 554
- Time zone
- UTC+13:00 to UTC+13:45
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
New Zealand covers about 268,680 square kilometres. By area it ranks 76th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Burkina Faso and a little larger than Gabon. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 41° south, 174° east, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 5.32 million people live in New Zealand (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 125th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 20 people to each square kilometre. About 84 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 82 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Maori. A person from New Zealand is called New Zealander.
Money and economy
The currency is the New Zealand dollar (code NZD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Cook Islands, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 264 billion (2025), which is about US$ 49,591 for each person (2025).
Time
New Zealand spans 2 time zone areas, from UTC+13:00 to UTC+13:45. Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 1,547,200 |
| Christchurch | 419,200 |
| Wellington | 381,900 |
| Manukau City | 362,000 |
| Hamilton | 192,100 |
| Tauranga | 161,000 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Australia and New Zealand
Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.