Country size comparison

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Palau is about 1,202 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.08% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (68.3 million fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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