Country size comparison

compared to

Houston is about 113 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 0.88% the size of Syria.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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