Country size comparison

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Syria is about 7 times smaller than Peru.

Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 14.58% the size of Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~34.6 million people (9.0 million fewer people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Peru vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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