Country size comparison
compared to
Maryland is about 4.8 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 21.0% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (20.2 million fewer people live in Maryland).
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