Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in French Polynesia instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Life

be 90.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In French Polynesia, on the other hand, 4.4 children do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 2.3 times more coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In French Polynesia, that number is 2,525 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2022). How we calculate this

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Western Sahara is about 64 times bigger than French Polynesia.
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French Polynesia: At a glance

French Polynesia is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 3,827 sq km. The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The tests were halted in January 1996. In recent years, French Polynesia's autonomy has been considerably expanded.
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