Country size comparison

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Japan is about 15 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 1,393% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (118.4 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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