Country size comparison

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Syria is about 2.9 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 186% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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