If you missed my first set of Palau Fun Facts, you can find those here. Total Land Area of Palau: 459 sq km, or 212 square miles. That is roughly 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC, or one third the size of the Hawaiian island Kauai. Coastline: 1,519 km or 944 miles. That is the driving distance from Boulder, CO to Blaine, MN. Population: 21,168 (2014 est.). That is smaller than the student body of University of Colorado at Boulder, which was was 29,772  in Fall of 2014. Religions:  Roman Catholic 49.4% Protestant 30.9% (includes Protestant (general) 23.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.3%, and other Protestant