New Caledonia is about 18 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 5.63% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (33.6 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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