Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 2 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 49.54% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (569,141 more people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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