Country size comparison

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New York is about 266 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 26,541% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (19.4 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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