Country size comparison

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France is about 1,202 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 120,053% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (68.3 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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