Country size comparison
compared to
Maldives is about 379 times smaller than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.26% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (4.1 million fewer people live in Maldives).
Compare further: Maldives vs. Louisiana