Country size comparison
compared to
Palau is about 1,008 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.1% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (9.6 million fewer people live in Palau).
This to-scale comparison of
Papua New Guinea
vs.
Palau
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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