Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) is 5.2% larger than New Zealand.
Area: 267,710 km2 World Factbook
Population: 4,401,916 (July 2014) World Factbook
New Zealand is an Oceanian island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. Wikipedia