New Caledonia is about 1.6 times smaller than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 60.85% the size of Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (11.6 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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