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French Polynesia is about 7 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 606% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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