Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 153 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 15,210% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (5.3 million more people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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