Country size comparison

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New Caledonia is about 14 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 6.98% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (355,111 fewer people live in New Caledonia).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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