Country size comparison

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Syria is about 2.8 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 35.5% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~41.8 million people (16.2 million fewer people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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