Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 5 times smaller than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 19.8% the size of El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (6.3 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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