Country size comparison

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Uganda is about 1.3 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Uganda is approximately 241,038 sq km, making Uganda 29% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (24.6 million more people live in Uganda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Uganda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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