Maryland is about 2.5 times smaller than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 40.8% the size of Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (5.8 million more people live in Maryland).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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