New Caledonia is about 24 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 4.24% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (40.2 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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