Country size comparison

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Palau is about 13 times smaller than Brunei.

Brunei is approximately 5,765 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 7.96% the size of Brunei. Meanwhile, the population of Brunei is ~478,054 people (456,359 fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Brunei vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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