Country size comparison

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Syria is about 9 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 754% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (12.6 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Syria to Israel · UN DESA 2020
9,207 people born in Syria live in Israel.
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