Country size comparison
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Maldives is about 817 times smaller than United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, making Maldives 0.12% the size of United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (67.4 million fewer people live in Maldives).
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