Country size comparison
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Sierra Leone is about 2.6 times smaller than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, making Sierra Leone 38.27% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (12.9 million fewer people live in Sierra Leone).
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