Country size comparison

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Syria is about 1.4 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 69.72% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (16.5 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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