Country size comparison
compared to
Maldives is about 441 times smaller than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.23% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (4.4 million fewer people live in Maldives).
Compare further: Maldives vs. Alabama