Puducherry is 1.07× the size of Palau
Puducherry (union territory of India) covers about 526 km² (203 mi²) and Palau (Oceania) about 492 km² (190 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 526km²Puducherry
- 492km²Palau
200 km
- Puducherry
- Palau
What fits
- Palau is 93% of the size of Puducherry.
- Puducherry is larger by 34.4 km² (13.3 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Palau.
- Measured in Belgiums: Puducherry is about 0.02, Palau about 0.02.
How they differ
- Puducherry also has the larger population: 1.4 million against 22,000, 64.2× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 2,650 in Puducherry against 44 in Palau: Puducherry is 60.0× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,100 km apart.
- Together Puducherry and Palau cover 1,020 km², close to the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km², 1.8% bigger).
- At Palau's density, Puducherry would have 23,000 people (it has 1.4 million). At Puducherry's density, Palau would have 1.3 million (it has 22,000).
- Puducherry's centre is 4.8° of latitude, about 530 km, farther north than Palau's.
- Puducherry is the 34th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Palau ranks 198th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Puducherry lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 530 km) north of Palau.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Puducherry would have about 380 m² and each person in Palau about 22,640 m².
- Laid side by side, Puducherry and Palau would cover 1,020 km², about the same size as São Tomé and Príncipe.
- Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.
- Puducherry is drawn from 37 points and Palau is drawn from 57 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Puducherry would rank 195th by area and 156th by population.
Side by side
| Puducherry | Palau | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Union TerritoryIndia | CountryOceania |
| Area, measured | 526 km²203 mi² | 492 km²190 mi² |
| Official area | 492 km²Wikidata | 466 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 34th of 36in India | 195th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2011 | 22,000Wikidata, 2017 |
| Rank by population | 28th of 36in India | 217th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 2,650 per km² | 44 per km² |
| Capital | Pondicherry | Ngerulmud |
| Latitude range | 11°N to 17°N | 3°N to 8°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 526 km² is 7.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 492 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Our measured 492 km² is 5.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 466 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12