Country size comparison
California, USA
compared to
Maldives
California is about 1,355 times bigger than Maldives.
Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 135,431% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (36.9 million more people live in California).
We have positioned the outline of Maldives near the middle of California.
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Maldives
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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