Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 2.8 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 182% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (9.4 million more people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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