Country size comparison
compared to
Papua New Guinea is about 25 times bigger than New Caledonia.
New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 2,392% larger than New Caledonia. Meanwhile, the population of New Caledonia is ~297,160 people (9.3 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
This to-scale comparison of
New Caledonia
vs.
Papua New Guinea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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