Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 10,628 times smaller than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.01% the size of Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~19.7 million people (19.7 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

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