Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 1.2 times smaller than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 83.39% the size of Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (3.6 million more people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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