Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in French Polynesia instead of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, you would:

Geography

see 24.8 times more coastline

Heard Island and McDonald Islands has a total of 102 km of coastline. In French Polynesia, that number is 2,525 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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French Polynesia: At a glance

French Polynesia is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 3,827 sq km. The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The tests were halted in January 1996. In recent years, French Polynesia's autonomy has been considerably expanded.

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