Country size comparison

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Botswana is about 3.1 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 210% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (19.2 million fewer people live in Botswana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Botswana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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