Country size comparison
compared to
China is about 159,949 times bigger than British Indian Ocean Territory.
British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 15,994,833% larger than British Indian Ocean Territory. Meanwhile, the population of British Indian Ocean Territory is ~3,000 people (1.4 billion more people live in China).
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