Country size comparison
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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).
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