Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 4 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 302% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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