Country size comparison

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Italy is about 1.6 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 61% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (39.5 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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