Country size comparison

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Syria is around the same size as Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 6% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (18.2 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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