Country size comparison

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Maldives is about 4,971 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.02% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (320,067 fewer people live in Maldives).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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