Country size comparison
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French Polynesia is about 25 times smaller than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 4.06% the size of Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (7.7 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).
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