Country size comparison
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New Caledonia is about 9 times smaller than Uruguay.
Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 10.54% the size of Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
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