Country size comparison

compared to

French Polynesia is about 1.5 times bigger than Samoa.

Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 47% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~206,179 people (93,177 more people live in French Polynesia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Samoa vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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