Country size comparison

compared to

South Africa is about 6 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 550% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (36.0 million more people live in South Africa).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.