Country size comparison
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Palau is about 1,008 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.1% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~10.8 million people (10.7 million fewer people live in Palau).
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