New Caledonia is about 66 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 1.52% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.2 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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