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French Polynesia is about 12 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 1,060% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Detroit is 8.9% more expensive than French Polynesia overall
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