Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 384 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 38,291% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (3.4 million more people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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