Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 15 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 6.7% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (118.4 million fewer people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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