Country size comparison

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Palau is about 164 times smaller than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.61% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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