Country size comparison

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Vanuatu is about 27 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, making Vanuatu 2,556% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (286,348 more people live in Vanuatu).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Vanuatu uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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