Country size comparison

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Syria is about 5 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 421% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.4 million people (2.2 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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