State size comparison

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Maryland is about 5 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 19.26% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (993,816 more people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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