Maryland is 1.09× the size of Valencian Community

Maryland (state of the United States) covers about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²) and Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

25,500km²Maryland
23,300km²Valencian Community

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Maryland
Valencian Community

What fits

Valencian Community is 91% of the size of Maryland.
Maryland is larger by 2,200 km² (848 mi²), which is 9.4% of the area of Valencian Community.
Measured in Belgiums: Maryland is about 0.83, Valencian Community about 0.76.

How they differ

Maryland also has the larger population: 6.2 million against 5.3 million, 1.16× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 229 in Valencian Community: Maryland is 1.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,350 km apart.
Together Maryland and Valencian Community cover 48,700 km², close to the size of Slovakia (48,500 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,200 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Valencian Community's density, Maryland would have 5.8 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Maryland's density, Valencian Community would have 5.6 million (it has 5.3 million).
Their centres lie at almost the same latitude.
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.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 39°N and 39°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Maryland would have about 4,120 m² and each person in Valencian Community about 4,380 m².
Laid side by side, Maryland and Valencian Community would cover 48,700 km², about the same size as Slovakia.
Together they have 11.5 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

Side by side

	Maryland	Valencian Community
Is a	StateUnited States	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	25,500 km²9,830 mi²	23,300 km²8,980 mi²
Official area	32,100 km²Wikidata	23,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	42nd of 51in the United States	8th of 19in Spain
Population	6.2 millionWikidata, 2020	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	18th of 51in the United States	4th of 19in Spain
Density	243 per km²	229 per km²
Capital	Annapolis	Valencia
Latitude range	38°N to 40°N	38°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Valencian Community 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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