Country size comparison

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California is about 2.1 times bigger than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 115% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (15.7 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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