Country size comparison
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South Carolina is about 262 times bigger than Maldives.
Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 26,069% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (4.2 million more people live in South Carolina).
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