Country size comparison

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Syria is about 408 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 40,736% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (21.5 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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