Syria covers 185,180 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 89th of 237 countries worldwide and 24th in Asia. At 35° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.5×, drawing it closer to 276,103 km², a difference of roughly 49%.
For scale, Syria is roughly the same size as Tunisia (163,610 km²).
You could fit 4 of Denmark inside Syria.
Syria: key figures
| True area | 185,180 km² |
| World rank | 89th |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in Asia | 24th / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.5× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 276,103 km² |
Largest countries in Asia (true area)
| Asia | |
|---|
| China | 9,596,960 km² |
| India | 3,287,263 km² |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,910 km² |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| Iran | 1,648,195 km² |