Country size comparison

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Maldives is about 7 times smaller than Mauritius.

Mauritius is approximately 2,040 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 14.61% the size of Mauritius. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritius is ~1.3 million people (918,058 fewer people live in Maldives).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mauritius vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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