Country size comparison

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Maldives is about 1.7 times bigger than District of Columbia.

District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 68% larger than District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the population of District of Columbia is ~601,723 people (211,559 fewer people live in Maldives).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of District of Columbia vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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