Country size comparison

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Brunei is about 13 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Brunei is approximately 5,765 sq km, making Brunei 1,156% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (456,359 more people live in Brunei).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Brunei uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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