Country size comparison

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Syria is about 7 times smaller than Mali.

Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 15.11% the size of Mali. Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people (822,031 more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mali vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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