Country size comparison

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Switzerland is about 1.6 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 63% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (2.7 million more people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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