Country size comparison
compared to
Syria is about 1.8 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 83% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (13.6 million more people live in Syria).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
Syria
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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