Malta is about 40 times smaller than Connecticut.

Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 2.52% the size of Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in Malta).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Connecticut vs. Malta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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