Country size comparison

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Syria is about 11 times bigger than Kuwait.

Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 952% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~4.9 million people (20.8 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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