Country size comparison
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Maldives is about 498 times smaller than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.2% the size of Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the population of Bangladesh is ~165.7 million people (165.3 million fewer people live in Maldives).
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