Country size comparison

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Rwanda is around the same size as Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 4% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (7.4 million more people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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