Country
New Zealand
- NZ
- Oceania
- NZD
- .nz
New Zealand (NZ/NZL) is a country in Oceania with its capital at Wellington. It covers about 268,021 km² with a population of roughly 5,200,000, uses the NZD, dials on +64, owns the .nz internet domain and keeps its capital on Pacific/Auckland. It has no land borders.
Identity
Official short nameNew Zealand
CapitalWellington
ContinentOceania
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2NZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3NZL
Internet TLD.nz
Calling code+64
Currency codeNZD
Geography
Latitude40.9006° S
Longitude174.886° E
HemisphereSouthern and Eastern
Area268,021 km²103,483 square miles
Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders
Distance from London18,776 kmto the approximate centre of New Zealand, not to Wellington. NNE, bearing 19.9°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalPacific/Aucklandthe IANA zone for Wellington; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+12:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+12:00 and UTC+13:00
Summer offsetUTC+13:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+13:00
Offset in JulyUTC+12:00
Current offsetUTC+12:00
Local time now10 Sept 2026, 04:16
Hours ahead of UTC12
Population & scale
Population5,200,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density19.4 per km²≈
Share of world population0.064%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset39 of 59
Population rank in this dataset57 of 59
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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