Country size comparison

compared to

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.
Share
Compare further: Syria vs. Iceland
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Syria on top of Iceland
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 13 statistics
Make 22.9 times more money in Iceland
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Iceland is 5.4 times more expensive than Syria overall
→