Fairland is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

[3][4] As an unincorporated area, Fairland's boundaries are not officially defined.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the place has a total area of 5.0 square miles (13 km2), all land.

At the 2000 census there were 21,738 people, 8,612 households, and 5,460 families living in the area.

There were 8,918 housing units at an average density of 1,786.7 per square mile (689.8/km2).