Country size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Maldives
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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