Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.6 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 58% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (769,447 more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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