Country size comparison

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Algeria is about 13 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 1,171% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (22.6 million more people live in Algeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Algeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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