Country size comparison

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United Kingdom is about 817 times bigger than Maldives.

Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 81,648% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (67.4 million more people live in United Kingdom).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maldives vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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