Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.3 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 30% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (8.7 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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