Country size comparison
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Syria is about 2.6 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 161% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (12.9 million more people live in Syria).
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