New Caledonia is about 10 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 9.91% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (21.3 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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