Maldives is about 9 times smaller than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 11.01% the size of Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (662,403 fewer people live in Maldives).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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