Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 19 times smaller than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 5.34% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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