Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 3.2 times bigger than Maldives.
Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 223% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (173,000 fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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