Country size comparison

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Syria is about 15 times bigger than Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 1,438% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (21.3 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vanuatu vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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