Total & land area: Saint Lucia vs Syria size comparison

Syria is 300 times bigger by total area compared to Saint Lucia: 71,498 sq mi vs 238.2 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Syria is 70,900 sq mi vs 235.5 sq mi for Saint Lucia — a 301 times difference in territory size.

Saint Lucia ranks 178/197 by total surface area vs 87/197 for Syria.
Saint Lucia occupies 0.0004% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.12% for Syria.
16.3% of Saint Lucia's area is agricultural land vs 74.1% in Syria.
Saint Lucia has 0.0002% of the world's agricultural land area — Syria has 0.29%.
34% of Saint Lucia is covered by forests, compared to 2.84% in Syria.
0.0005% of the world's forests are in Saint Lucia, and 0.01% are in Syria.

True size map comparison: Saint Lucia vs Syria

See how Saint Lucia and Syria compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Saint Lucia	Syria
Total area	238.2 sq mi	71,498 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	300
Total area rank	178/197	87/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0001%	0.04%
Land area	235.5 sq mi	70,900 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	301
Land area rank	178/197	87/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0004%	0.12%
Population	179,744	24,672,760
Population density	767 ppl/mi²	375 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Saint Lucia	Syria
Forest area	80.2 sq mi	2,016 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	34%	2.84%
Forest area rank	172/196	138/196
World's forests share	0.0005%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	38.4 sq mi	52,533 sq mi
Agricultural land share	16.3%	74.1%
Agricultural land area rank	178/194	61/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0002%	0.29%
Arable land	10.3 sq mi	16,988 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	24%
Arable land area rank	180/191	53/191
Permanent cropland	26.6 sq mi	4,027 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	11.3%	5.68%
Permanent cropland area rank	156/192	34/192
Water area	2.71 sq mi	598 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.14%	0.84%
Water area rank	150/197	101/197
Roads length	752 mi	n/a
Land borders length	0 mi	1,468 mi
Coastline length	98.2 mi	119.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.3%	0.2%

Saint Lucia vs Syria size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Saint Lucia and Syria but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.