Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 223 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 22,242% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (8.0 million more people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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