Country size comparison

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Vietnam is about 1.8 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, making Vietnam 77% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (82.2 million more people live in Vietnam).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Vietnam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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