Country size comparison
compared to
Palau is about 275 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km,
while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making
Palau 0.36% the size of North Carolina.
Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people
(9.5 million fewer people live in Palau).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
Palau
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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