Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 2.8 times bigger than New Caledonia.
New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 175% larger than New Caledonia. Meanwhile, the population of New Caledonia is ~297,160 people (4.9 million more people live in Costa Rica).
This to-scale comparison of
New Caledonia
vs.
Costa Rica
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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