Country size comparison

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Svalbard is about 2.5 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 145% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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