Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 26 times smaller than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 3.81% the size of Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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