French Polynesia is about 4.5 times smaller than New Caledonia.

New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 22.43% the size of New Caledonia. Meanwhile, the population of New Caledonia is ~297,160 people (2,196 more people live in French Polynesia).
This to-scale comparison of New Caledonia vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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