Country size comparison

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French Polynesia is about 6 times smaller than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 16.46% the size of Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (5.5 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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