Belize is about 8 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Belize is approximately 22,966 sq km, making Belize 12.25% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (21.2 million fewer people live in Belize).
This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Belize uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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