Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 2 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 49.13% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (11.3 million fewer people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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