Country size comparison

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Niger is about 50 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 4,905% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (18.7 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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