Country size comparison
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Syria is about 1.6 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 61% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (8.9 million more people live in Syria).
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