Quality of life comparison

 British Indian Ocean Territory
compared to
 Palau

If you lived in Palau instead of British Indian Ocean Territory, you would:

Geography

see 2.2 times more coastline

British Indian Ocean Territory has a total of 698 km of coastline. In Palau, that number is 1,519 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Palau: At a glance

Palau is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 459 sq km. After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986 but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year when the islands gained independence.
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