Fort Lauderdale is about 3.5 times smaller than Malta.

Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 28.48% the size of Malta.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malta vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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