Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 34 times smaller than Mauritius.

Mauritius is approximately 2,040 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 2.94% the size of Mauritius. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritius is ~1.2 million people (1.2 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

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