Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 314 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 31,264% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (12.8 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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