Country size comparison

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Syria is about 7 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 14.79% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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