Country size comparison

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Syria is about 18 times bigger than Lebanon.

Lebanon is approximately 10,400 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 1,702% larger than Lebanon. Meanwhile, the population of Lebanon is ~5.3 million people (16.3 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lebanon vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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