Country size comparison

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Palau is about 719 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.14% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~36.0 million people (36.0 million fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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