Country size comparison

compared to

French Polynesia is about 15 times smaller than West Virginia.

West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, making French Polynesia 6.68% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in French Polynesia).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of West Virginia vs. French Polynesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.