Country size comparison

compared to

French Polynesia is about 97 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 1.03% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (37.0 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.