Country size comparison

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New York is about 1.5 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 65.24% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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