Country size comparison

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Malaysia is about 719 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 71,762% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (33.8 million more people live in Malaysia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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