Country size comparison

compared to

French Polynesia is about 27 times smaller than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 3.7% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (13.5 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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