Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 5 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 405% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (42.3 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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