Country size comparison

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Syria is about 8 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 12.65% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (20.9 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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