Country size comparison
compared to
French Polynesia is about 9 times smaller than Taiwan.
Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 11.58% the size of Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (23.3 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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