Syria is about 1.4 times smaller than Gabon.

Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 70.03% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (19.2 million more people live in Syria).
This to-scale comparison of Gabon vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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