Country size comparison

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Syria is about 17 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 1,559% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (19.2 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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