Country size comparison
compared to
New Caledonia is about 66 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 1.52% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.2 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
New Caledonia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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