Country size comparison
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New Caledonia is about 11 times smaller than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 9.01% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
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