Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 10 times smaller than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 10.1% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (8.2 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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