Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 2.4 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 140% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (11.1 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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