Country size comparison

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Palau is about 286 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.35% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (4.8 million fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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