Country size comparison
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New Caledonia is about 55 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 1.8% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (3.9 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
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