Kyrgyzstan is 1.07× the size of Syria

Kyrgyzstan covers about 199,000 km² (76,800 mi²) and Syria about 186,000 km² (71,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

199,000km²Kyrgyzstan
186,000km²Syria

200 km

Kyrgyzstan
Syria

What fits

Syria is 93% of the size of Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan is larger by 13,100 km² (5,040 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Syria.
Measured in Belgiums: Kyrgyzstan is about 6.49, Syria about 6.06.

How they differ

Kyrgyzstan is larger, but Syria has the larger population: 23.9 million against 7.3 million, 3.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 128 in Syria against 37 in Kyrgyzstan: Syria is 3.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,200 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kyrgyzstan at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Syria at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Kyrgyzstan as 1.28× the size of Syria instead of 1.07×.
Together Kyrgyzstan and Syria cover 385,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 13,100 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At Syria's density, Kyrgyzstan would have 25.5 million people (it has 7.3 million). At Kyrgyzstan's density, Syria would have 6.8 million (it has 23.9 million).
Kyrgyzstan's centre is 6.5° of latitude, about 720 km, farther north than Syria's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Kyrgyzstan	1.07×
More people	Syria	3.28×
More crowded	Syria	3.51×
Farther north	Kyrgyzstan	6.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Kyrgyzstan	1.8× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Kyrgyzstan	Syria
Belgium 30,700 km²	6.49×	6.06×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.82×	0.76×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.56×	0.52×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.53×	0.50×
France 548,000 km²	0.36×	0.34×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Kyrgyzstan	Syria
Area, main territory	199,000 km²76,800 mi²	186,000 km²71,800 mi²
Population	7.3 millionWikidata, 2025	23.9 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	37 per km²	128 per km²
Official area	200,000 km²Wikidata	185,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Bishkek	Damascus
Latitude range	39°N to 43°N	32°N to 37°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 200,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 185,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 186,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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