Country size comparison
compared to
Philippines is about 1.6 times bigger than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 60% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (93.0 million more people live in Philippines).
This to-scale comparison of
Syria
vs.
Philippines
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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