Country size comparison

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Maldives is about 1,851 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.05% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (67.9 million fewer people live in Maldives).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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