Country size comparison

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Palau is about 27 times smaller than Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 3.77% the size of Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (286,348 fewer people live in Palau).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vanuatu vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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