Country size comparison

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Syria is about 2.3 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 42.76% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (18.9 million fewer people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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