Country size comparison

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Palau is about 516 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.19% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (7.7 million fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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