Country size comparison

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Syria is around the same size as Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 90.91% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (16.3 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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