Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 3,124 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.03% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~25.6 million people (25.6 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.