Country size comparison
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Maldives is about 1,355 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.07% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.9 million fewer people live in Maldives).
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