Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 1.4 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 70.12% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (16.8 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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