Country size comparison

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Palau is about 55 times smaller than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 1.81% the size of Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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