Country size comparison

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Syria is about 4.5 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 354% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (13.1 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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