Country size comparison

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Kuwait is about 39 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, making Kuwait 3,782% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (3.0 million more people live in Kuwait).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Kuwait uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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