Country size comparison
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Syria is about 3.1 times smaller than Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 31.93% the size of Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (6.6 million fewer people live in Syria).
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