French Polynesia is about 15 times smaller than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 6.72% the size of Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (296,430 more people live in French Polynesia).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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