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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