Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 1,267 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 126,639% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (2.4 million more people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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