Country size comparison
compared to
Palau is about 2,656 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Palau is approximately 459 sq km, making Palau 0.04% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.5 million fewer people live in Palau).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Palau
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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