Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.4 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 43% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (16.8 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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