Country size comparison

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Syria is around the same size as Senegal.

Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 95.28% the size of Senegal. Meanwhile, the population of Senegal is ~17.9 million people (3.6 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Senegal vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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