Country size comparison

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Palau is about 3.6 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 27.67% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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