Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 60 times smaller than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 1.66% the size of Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (9.6 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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