Country size comparison

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Syria is around the same size as North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 5% larger than North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~799,358 people (24.8 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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