Country size comparison

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Niger is about 7 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 576% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (2.9 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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