Country size comparison
compared to
Syria is around the same size as Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 9% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (14.8 million more people live in Syria).
This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
Syria
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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