Country size comparison

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Syria is about 2.7 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 167% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (16.3 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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