State size comparison
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Maryland is about 4.6 times smaller than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 21.81% the size of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (6.9 million fewer people live in Maryland).
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