Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 35 times smaller than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 2.89% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.5 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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