Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 64 times smaller than Gabon.
Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 1.56% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (2.0 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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