Country size comparison

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California is about 880 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 87,892% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (37.2 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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