French Polynesia is about 27 times smaller than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 3.69% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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