Galicia is 1.16× the size of Maryland

Galicia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²) and Maryland (state of the United States) about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

29,600km²Galicia
25,500km²Maryland

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Galicia
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What fits

Maryland is 86% of the size of Galicia.
Galicia is larger by 4,130 km² (1,600 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Maryland.
Measured in Belgiums: Galicia is about 0.96, Maryland about 0.83.

How they differ

Galicia is larger, but Maryland has the larger population: 6.2 million against 2.7 million, 2.29× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 91 in Galicia: Maryland is 2.66× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,640 km apart.
Together Galicia and Maryland cover 55,100 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,130 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Maryland's density, Galicia would have 7.2 million people (it has 2.7 million). At Galicia's density, Maryland would have 2.3 million (it has 6.2 million).
Galicia's centre is 3.7° of latitude, about 410 km, farther north than Maryland's.
Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Maryland is the 42nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Galicia lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 412 km) north of Maryland.
Shared out evenly, each person in Galicia would have about 10,950 m² and each person in Maryland about 4,120 m².
Laid side by side, Galicia and Maryland would cover 55,100 km², about the same size as Croatia.
Together they have 8.9 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	Galicia	Maryland
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateUnited States
Area, measured	29,600 km²11,400 mi²	25,500 km²9,830 mi²
Official area	29,600 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 19in Spain	42nd of 51in the United States
Population	2.7 millionWikidata, 2024	6.2 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	5th of 19in Spain	18th of 51in the United States
Density	91 per km²	243 per km²
Capital	–	Annapolis
Latitude range	42°N to 44°N	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 25,500 km² is 21% below Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Galicia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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