New Caledonia is about 5 times smaller than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 20.17% the size of Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (9.9 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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