State size comparison

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Maryland is about 7 times smaller than North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 14.17% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (5.1 million more people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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