Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 4.7 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 365% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (435,710 more people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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