Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 8,135 times smaller than Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.01% the size of Turkmenistan. Meanwhile, the population of Turkmenistan is ~7.6 million people (7.6 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

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