Country size comparison

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Palau is about 1.5 times bigger than Maldives.

Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 54% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (368,469 fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maldives vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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