Country size comparison

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Syria is around the same size as Missouri.

Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 5% larger than Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (15.6 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Missouri vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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