Country size comparison

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Syria is about 7 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 612% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (8.4 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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