Country size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
Maryland
vs.
Palau
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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