Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 5 times smaller than Maldives.

Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 20.13% the size of Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~529,676 people (526,676 fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

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