Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is about 1.4 times bigger than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 43% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (16.5 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of
Syria
vs.
New Zealand
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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