Country size comparison

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Maldives is about 6 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 17.97% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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