Country size comparison

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Washington is about 375 times bigger than Palau.

Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 37,449% larger than Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (6.7 million more people live in Washington).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Palau vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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