Country size comparison
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New Caledonia is about 50 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 2.01% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (224.8 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
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