Country size comparison

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Syria is about 5 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 18.72% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~118.4 million people (92.7 million fewer people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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