Country size comparison

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Palau is about 84 times smaller than Bhutan.

Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 1.2% the size of Bhutan. Meanwhile, the population of Bhutan is ~867,775 people (846,080 fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bhutan vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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