Country size comparison
compared to
Syria is about 1.5 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 49% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (12.0 million more people live in Syria).
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