Vermont (USA) is 29% larger than New Caledonia.
Area: 18,575 km2 World Factbook
Population: 267,840 (July 2014) World Factbook
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 1,210 km east of Australia and 16,136 km east of Metropolitan France. Wikipedia
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Vermont is the 6th smallest in area and the 2nd least populous of the 50 United States. It is the only New England state not bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Wikipedia