Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in New Caledonia instead of Northern Mariana Islands, you would:

Economy

make 22.8% more money

Northern Mariana Islands has a GDP per capita of $23,786 as of 2022, while in New Caledonia, the GDP per capita is $29,213 as of 2024.

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Life

be 59.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Northern Mariana Islands, approximately 12.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In New Caledonia, on the other hand, 5.0 children do as of 2020.

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have 15.9% more children

In Northern Mariana Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In New Caledonia, there are 14.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 3.3 times more likely to have internet access

In Northern Mariana Islands, approximately 25.1% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In New Caledonia, about 82.0% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 52.1% more coastline

Northern Mariana Islands has a total of 1,482 km of coastline. In New Caledonia, that number is 2,254 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2022), World Bank (2022–2024). How we calculate this

Compare further: Northern Mariana Islands vs. New Caledonia

Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
New Caledonia is 24.0% more expensive than Northern Mariana Islands overall
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Northern Mariana Islands is about 40 times smaller than New Caledonia.
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New Caledonia: At a glance

New Caledonia is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 18,275 sq km. Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island became a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s ended in the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 years will transfer an increasing amount of governing responsibility from France to New Caledonia. The agreement also commits France to conduct a referendum between 2014 and 2018 to decide whether New Caledonia should assume full sovereignty and independence.
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