Anguilla vs Maldives

Maldives is 3.27 times larger than Anguilla. Anguilla would fit into Maldives about 3.3 times.

AnguillaMaldivesAnguilla moved onto Maldives · Equal-area projection
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Anguilla is 0.31× the area of Maldives. Put the other way, Maldives is 3.27× the size of Anguilla.
AnguillaMaldives
Size
AreaMaldives: 3.27× the area91 km²298 km²#187 of 194
CoastlineCoast, no land borderCoast, no land border
Land neighbours00
People
PopulationMaldives: 27.8× the population19,0792023529,676#167 of 194 · 2025
DensityMaldives: 8.48× the density210 / km²1,777 / km²#6 of 194
Urban population—43%#145 of 192 · 2025
Fertility rate—1.56 per woman#127 of 192 · 2024
Population growth—+0.35%#141 of 192 · 2025
Birth rate—10.6 per 1,000#132 of 192 · 2024
Death rate—2.4 per 1,000#186 of 192 · 2024
Children under 15—19.0%#119 of 192 · 2025
People over 65—5.0%#123 of 192 · 2025
Net migration—−4.3 per 1,000#171 of 192 · 2025
Refugees abroad—0.12 per 1,000#113 of 190 · 2025
Health & education
Life expectancy—81.3 years#37 of 192 · 2024
Infant mortality—4.7 per 1,000 births#144 of 191 · 2024
Doctors—2.24 per 1,000#80 of 178 · 2019
University enrolment—48.5%#77 of 145 · 2022
Human Development Index—0.766#92 of 190 · 2023
Economy
GNI per capita—$12,950#72 of 185 · 2025
GDP—$7.74B2025
Income group—Upper-middle income
GDP per capita (PPP)—$28,555#72 of 184 · 2025
GDP growth—+6.3%#26 of 187 · 2025
Inflation—+4.0%#55 of 176 · 2025
Unemployment—4.5%#106 of 178 · 2025
Extreme poverty—0.0%#136 of 149 · 2019
Income inequality (Gini)—29.3#125 of 149 · 2019
Jobs in agriculture—11.3% of jobs#105 of 178 · 2025
Jobs in industry—16.9% of jobs#115 of 178 · 2025
Jobs in services—71.8% of jobs#44 of 178 · 2025
Foreign investment—11.1% of GDP#12 of 184 · 2025
Exports—78.2% of GDP#16 of 168 · 2024
Internet users—85%#78 of 184 · 2024
Mobile subscriptions—148 per 100#28 of 191 · 2024
Energy & environment
Forest area—13% of land#140 of 192 · 2024
CO₂ per person—3.57 t a year#73 of 185 · 2024
Renewable energy—1.2%#172 of 190 · 2022
Access to electricity—100.0%#1 of 192 · 2024
Air pollution (PM2.5)—11.2 µg/m³#145 of 191 · 2023
Protected land—3.0% of land#176 of 191 · 2025
Arable land—13.1% of land#79 of 190 · 2024
Water stress—15.7%#74 of 176 · 2022
Precipitation—1,972 mm#35 of 180 · 2022
Governance & safety
Political stability—+0.08#100 of 193 · 2025
Control of corruption—−0.33#105 of 193 · 2025
Homicide rate—0.6 per 100,000#132 of 146 · 2019
State
StatusTerritory of United KingdomIndependent state
GovernmentDependent territoryparliamentary democracy (House of Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UKPresidential republic
CapitalThe ValleyMale
CurrencyEastern Caribbean dollar (XCD)Maldivian rufiyaa (MVR)
Official languagesEnglishMaldivian
Traffic drivesOn the leftOn the left
Time zoneUTC−4UTC+5
Calling code+1 264+960
RegionCaribbean, North AmericaSouthern Asia, Asia

Area: Wikidata. Population, income, health, economy, environment and governance: World Bank. Human Development Index: UNDP. Government: CIA World Factbook. Ranks among the 194 independent states. All sources

Why the map you grew up with disagrees

On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Anguilla sits at about 18° N and is stretched to 1.11× its true area; Maldives at 4° N is stretched to 1.0×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.

Questions about this pair

Is Anguilla bigger than Maldives?
No. Anguilla is 3.27 times smaller than Maldives. Anguilla covers 91 km² and Maldives covers 298 km².
How many times does Anguilla fit into Maldives?
About 3.3 times: Maldives has 3.27× the area of Anguilla.
Why do Anguilla and Maldives look different on Google Maps?
Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Anguilla is drawn about 1.11× its true area there and Maldives about 1.0×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Which has more people, Anguilla or Maldives?
Maldives: 529,676 people against 19,079. Density: Anguilla 210 per km², Maldives 1,777 per km².
What kind of government do Anguilla and Maldives have?
By constitution, as the CIA World Factbook describes them — Anguilla: dependent territory; Maldives: presidential republic.