Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 65 times smaller than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 1.55% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (4.8 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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