Maryland is 1.10× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Maryland (state of the United States) covers about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

25,500km²Maryland
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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Maryland
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 91% of the size of Maryland.
Maryland is larger by 2,250 km² (870 mi²), which is 9.7% of the area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Measured in Belgiums: Maryland is about 0.83, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.76.

How they differ

Maryland also has the larger population: 6.2 million against 1.6 million, 3.93× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Maryland is 3.58× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,570 km apart.
On a standard web map Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania looks larger than Maryland: Maryland at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 1.57× the size of Maryland, when Maryland is 1.10× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Together Maryland and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 48,700 km², close to the size of Slovakia (48,500 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,250 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Maryland would have 1.7 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Maryland's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 5.6 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 14.7° of latitude, about 1,630 km, farther north than Maryland's.
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.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,630 km) north of Maryland.
Shared out evenly, each person in Maryland would have about 4,120 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, Maryland and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 48,700 km², about the same size as Slovakia.
Together they have 7.7 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

	Maryland	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	StateUnited States	StateGermany
Area, measured	25,500 km²9,830 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	32,100 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	42nd of 51in the United States	6th of 16in Germany
Population	6.2 millionWikidata, 2020	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	18th of 51in the United States	14th of 16in Germany
Density	243 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Annapolis	Schwerin
Latitude range	38°N to 40°N	53°N to 55°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

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.
Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
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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