Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 8 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 690% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (20.9 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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