Country size comparison

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Syria is around the same size as Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 14% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~639,850 people (25.0 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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