New Caledonia is about 16 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 6.16% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (60.8 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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