Country size comparison
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Palau is about 880 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.11% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (37.2 million fewer people live in Palau).
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