Country size comparison
compared to
New Caledonia is about 2.8 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 36.35% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
New Caledonia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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