Mali is about 7 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 562% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (822,031 fewer people live in Mali).
This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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