Palau is about 580 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.17% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (630,576 fewer people live in Palau).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Palau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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