Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.8 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 56.83% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (12.3 million fewer people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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