Country size comparison

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Russia is about 91 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 9,022% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (120.5 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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