Oceania · Melanesia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia covers about 18,800 km² (7,270 mi²), the 157th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Fiji, at about 18,900 km².
- 18,800km²Area, main territory
- 279,000Population
- 0.61In Belgiums
100 km
- New Caledonia
Facts
| Area, main territory | 18,800 km²7,270 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 18,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.61 |
| Capital | Nouméa |
| Population | 279,000Wikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 15 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 23°S to 20°S |
| In other languages | Nueva Caledonia Español · Neukaledonien Deutsch · Nouvelle-Calédonie Français · Nova Caledônia Português · ニューカレドニア 日本語 · 新喀里多尼亚 中文 · 누벨칼레도니 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania |
What the numbers say about New Caledonia
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 901× the size of New Caledonia.
- New Caledonia ranks 156th of 239 by area but only 181st of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
- At 15 people per km², New Caledonia is the 163rd most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- New Caledonia lies at 21°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, New Caledonia's main territory stretches about 338 km north to south and 470 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 18,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,800 km², to within 2%.
How New Caledonia measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 18,800 km² | 156th of 239 |
| Population | 279,000 | 181st of 237 |
| Density | 15 per km² | 163rd of 185 |
| Compared with | Its area | New Caledonia is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.61× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.08× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.05× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.05× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 450 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 501 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 901 its size |
Where New Caledonia sits
- New Caledonia's centre lies at 21.3°S, 165.7°E, in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 2,370 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 23°S to 20°S, about 340 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If New Caledonia had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², New Caledonia would have 23.6 million people. It has 279,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², New Caledonia would have 70,000 people. It has 279,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 1.4 million.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2017; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11