State size comparison

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Virginia is about 4 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 305% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (2.2 million more people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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