Country size comparison
compared to
Maryland is about 1.6 times smaller than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 60.93% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (11.6 million fewer people live in Maryland).
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