Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.7 times bigger than Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 69% larger than Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.4 million people (19.2 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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