British Indian Ocean Territory is about 2,038 times smaller than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.05% the size of New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~20.0 million people (20.0 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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