Country size comparison

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Syria is about 6 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 514% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (9.7 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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