Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 1.6 times smaller than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 61.33% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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