Country size comparison

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Qatar is about 25 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, making Qatar 2,424% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (2.5 million more people live in Qatar).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Qatar uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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