Country size comparison

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French Polynesia is about 1,858 times smaller than Australia.

Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 0.05% the size of Australia. Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~26.1 million people (25.8 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Australia vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from French Polynesia to Australia · UN DESA 2020
590 people born in French Polynesia live in Australia.
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