Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.8 times bigger than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 82% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (21.2 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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