Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 57 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 5,638% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (13.2 million more people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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