Syria is around the same size as Nebraska.

Nebraska is approximately 199,099 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 94.14% the size of Nebraska. Meanwhile, the population of Nebraska is ~1.8 million people (19.7 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nebraska vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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