Taiwan is about 5 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, making Taiwan 19.2% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (2.0 million more people live in Taiwan).
This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Taiwan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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