Country size comparison
compared to
New Caledonia is about 22 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km,
while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making
New Caledonia 4.6% the size of California.
Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people
(37.0 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
New Caledonia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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