Country size comparison

compared to

Aruba is about 2.5 times smaller than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, making Aruba 39.22% the size of Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (100,625 more people live in Aruba).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Aruba uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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