Maldives is about 220 times smaller than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.45% the size of Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (22.8 million fewer people live in Maldives).
This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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