Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 4.7 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 21.53% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (435,710 fewer people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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