Country size comparison

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Syria is about 4 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 24.9% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (1.9 million more people live in Syria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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