Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 7 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 13.51% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (15.8 million fewer people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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