Country size comparison
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Syria is about 10 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 876% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (12.8 million more people live in Syria).
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