Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 1.2 times smaller than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 82.92% the size of Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (6.1 million fewer people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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