Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 657 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 65,551% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (61.1 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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