Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 1,076 times smaller than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.09% the size of Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.