Country size comparison

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Lesotho is about 1.2 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 20% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (3.6 million fewer people live in Lesotho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Lesotho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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