El Salvador is 1.09× the size of New Caledonia
El Salvador covers about 20,500 km² (7,930 mi²) and New Caledonia about 18,800 km² (7,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 20,500km²El Salvador
- 18,800km²New Caledonia
100 km
- El Salvador
- New Caledonia
What fits
- New Caledonia is 92% of the size of El Salvador.
- El Salvador is larger by 1,700 km² (656 mi²), which is 9.0% of the area of New Caledonia.
- Measured in Belgiums: El Salvador is about 0.67, New Caledonia about 0.61.
How they differ
- El Salvador also has the larger population: 6.0 million against 279,000, 21.7× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 294 in El Salvador against 15 in New Caledonia: El Salvador is 19.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,100 km apart.
- Together El Salvador and New Caledonia cover 39,400 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 2.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,700 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At New Caledonia's density, El Salvador would have 304,000 people (it has 6.0 million). At El Salvador's density, New Caledonia would have 5.5 million (it has 279,000).
- El Salvador's centre is 35.0° of latitude, about 3,900 km, farther north than New Caledonia's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | El Salvador | 1.09× |
| More people | El Salvador | 21.7× |
| More crowded | El Salvador | 19.9× |
| Farther north | El Salvador | 35.0° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | New Caledonia | 1.2× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | El Salvador | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 0.67× | 0.61× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.08× | 0.08× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.06× | 0.05× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.05× | 0.05× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.04× | 0.03× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 413 | 1 in 450 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 460 | 1 in 501 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 827 | 1 in 901 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| El Salvador | New Caledonia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 20,500 km²7,930 mi² | 18,800 km²7,270 mi² |
| Population | 6.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 279,000Wikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 294 per km² | 15 per km² |
| Official area | 21,000 km²Wikidata | 18,600 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | San Salvador | Nouméa |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N | 23°S to 20°S |
| Continent | North America | Oceania |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 20,500 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 21,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 18,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,800 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11