Country size comparison

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North Dakota is around the same size as Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 95.31% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (20.9 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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