Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 1,421 times bigger than Palau.
Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 141,998% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (38.3 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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