Country size comparison

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Turkmenistan is about 19 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 1,828% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (137,541 fewer people live in Turkmenistan).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Turkmenistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.