Country size comparison

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New Caledonia is about 2.2 times smaller than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 45.0% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (8.2 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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