New Caledonia is about 15 times smaller than Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 6.53% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~3.3 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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