Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 49 times smaller than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 2.02% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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