Country size comparison

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Japan is about 823 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 82,234% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (124.2 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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