Country size comparison

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Syria is about 4.9 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 20.29% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (203.5 million fewer people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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