Country size comparison

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Syria is about 7 times bigger than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 574% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (8.9 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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