Country size comparison

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Guyana is around the same size as Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Guyana is approximately 214,969 sq km, making Guyana 15% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (20.8 million fewer people live in Guyana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Guyana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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