Country size comparison
compared to
New Caledonia is about 2.2 times smaller than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km,
while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making
New Caledonia 45.0% the size of Switzerland.
Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people
(8.2 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of
Switzerland
vs.
New Caledonia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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