Auckland
638 km²
Wellington
64 km²
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Auckland covers 638 km² of contiguous built-up land, 10.0× the built-up area of Wellington (64 km²).
| Auckland | Wellington | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Auckland | Wellington |
| Population (2025) | 1.62 million | 154,120 |
| Built-up area | 638 km² | 64 km² |
| Density | 2,545 /km² | 2,408 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.