Country size comparison

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Syria is about 2.5 times bigger than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 149% larger than Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.6 million people (21.0 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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