Country size comparison
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Syria is about 2.4 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 140% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (16.9 million more people live in Syria).
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