Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.4 times bigger than Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 39% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (18.6 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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