Maldives is about 1.5 times smaller than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 64.92% the size of Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (368,469 more people live in Maldives).
This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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