Country size comparison

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Palau is about 449 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.22% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (5.3 million fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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