Country size comparison

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Christmas Island is about 4,085 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.02% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (68.3 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of France vs. Christmas Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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