Syria is about 2 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 49.6% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (102.7 million fewer people live in Syria).
This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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