Country size comparison
compared to
French Polynesia is about 91 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 1.1% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (123.9 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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