Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 194 times smaller than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 0.51% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (21.3 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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