Country size comparison
compared to
Maldives is about 692 times smaller than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.14% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in Maldives).
Compare further: Maldives vs. Minnesota