Country size comparison

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Palau is about 245 times smaller than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.41% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (13.7 million fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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