Country size comparison

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Maldives is about 11 times bigger than Sydney.

Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 1,016% larger than Sydney.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sydney vs. Maldives uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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