Senegal is 1.06× the size of Syria

Senegal covers about 196,000 km² (75,800 mi²) and Syria about 186,000 km² (71,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

196,000km²Senegal
186,000km²Syria

200 km

Senegal
Syria

What fits

Syria is 95% of the size of Senegal.
Senegal is larger by 10,300 km² (3,970 mi²), which is 5.5% of the area of Syria.
Measured in Belgiums: Senegal is about 6.40, Syria about 6.06.

How they differ

Senegal is larger, but Syria has the larger population: 23.9 million against 16.9 million, 1.41× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 128 in Syria against 86 in Senegal: Syria is 1.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,740 km apart.
On a standard web map Syria looks larger than Senegal: Senegal at 14°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Syria at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Syria as 1.33× the size of Senegal, when Senegal is 1.06× the size of Syria.
Together Senegal and Syria cover 382,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 10,300 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
At Syria's density, Senegal would have 25.2 million people (it has 16.9 million). At Senegal's density, Syria would have 16.0 million (it has 23.9 million).
Syria's centre is 20.7° of latitude, about 2,300 km, farther north than Senegal's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Senegal	1.06×
More people	Syria	1.41×
More crowded	Syria	1.49×
Farther north	Syria	20.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Syria	1.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Senegal	Syria
Belgium 30,700 km²	6.40×	6.06×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.80×	0.76×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.55×	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

	Senegal	Syria
Area, main territory	196,000 km²75,800 mi²	186,000 km²71,800 mi²
Population	16.9 millionWikidata, 2021	23.9 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	86 per km²	128 per km²
Official area	197,000 km²Wikidata	185,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Dakar	Damascus
Latitude range	12°N to 17°N	32°N to 37°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 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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