Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 2.3 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 134% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (18.9 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Iraq to Syria · UN DESA 2020
203,003 people born in Iraq live in Syria.
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