Country size comparison
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New Caledonia is about 8 times smaller than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 12.84% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
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