Country size comparison

compared to

French Polynesia is about 47 times smaller than South Dakota.

South Dakota is approximately 196,540 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 2.12% the size of South Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of South Dakota is ~814,180 people (514,824 fewer people live in French Polynesia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Dakota vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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