Country size comparison

compared to

West Virginia is about 15 times bigger than French Polynesia.

French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 1,397% larger than French Polynesia. Meanwhile, the population of French Polynesia is ~299,356 people (1.6 million more people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of French Polynesia vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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