Country size comparison

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Panama is about 2.5 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 40.24% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (17.2 million fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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