Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.3 times smaller than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 74.83% the size of Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (11.7 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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