Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 55 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 5,415% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (5.8 million more people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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