Country size comparison

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British Indian Ocean Territory is about 422 times smaller than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.24% the size of Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~6.3 million people (6.3 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.