Country size comparison
compared to
Virginia is about 1.8 times smaller than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 54.71% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (13.6 million fewer people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of
Syria
vs.
Virginia
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