Iran is about 9 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 779% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (65.2 million more people live in Iran).
This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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