Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1,389 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 138,823% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (12.4 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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