New Caledonia is about 7 times smaller than Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 14.25% the size of Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (6.0 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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