Syria is 1.03× the size of Cambodia

Syria covers about 186,000 km² (71,800 mi²) and Cambodia about 181,000 km² (69,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

186,000km²Syria
181,000km²Cambodia

200 km

Syria
Cambodia

What fits

Cambodia is 97% of the size of Syria.
Syria is larger by 4,880 km² (1,880 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Cambodia.
Measured in Belgiums: Syria is about 6.06, Cambodia about 5.90.

How they differ

Syria also has the larger population: 23.9 million against 17.4 million, 1.37× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 128 in Syria against 96 in Cambodia: Syria is 1.33× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,060 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Syria at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Cambodia at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Syria as 1.46× the size of Cambodia instead of 1.03×.
Together Syria and Cambodia cover 367,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 1.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,880 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Cambodia's density, Syria would have 17.9 million people (it has 23.9 million). At Syria's density, Cambodia would have 23.2 million (it has 17.4 million).
Syria's centre is 22.3° of latitude, about 2,480 km, farther north than Cambodia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Syria	1.03×
More people	Syria	1.37×
More crowded	Syria	1.33×
Farther north	Syria	22.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Syria	1.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Syria	Cambodia
Belgium 30,700 km²	6.06×	5.90×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.76×	0.74×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.52×	0.51×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.50×	0.48×
France 548,000 km²	0.34×	0.33×
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

	Syria	Cambodia
Area, main territory	186,000 km²71,800 mi²	181,000 km²69,900 mi²
Population	23.9 millionWikidata, 2024	17.4 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	128 per km²	96 per km²
Official area	185,000 km²Wikidata	181,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Damascus	Phnom Penh
Latitude range	32°N to 37°N	10°N to 15°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 185,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 186,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 181,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 181,000 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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