Total & land area: Saudi Arabia vs Syria size comparison

Saudi Arabia is 12.2 times bigger by total area compared to Syria: 868,730 sq mi vs 71,498 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Saudi Arabia is 830,000 sq mi vs 70,900 sq mi for Syria — a 11.7 times difference in territory size.

Saudi Arabia ranks 12/197 by total surface area vs 87/197 for Syria.
Saudi Arabia occupies 1.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.12% for Syria.
80.8% of Saudi Arabia's area is agricultural land vs 74.1% in Syria.
Saudi Arabia has 3.64% of the world's agricultural land area — Syria has 0.29%.
0.45% of Saudi Arabia is covered by forests, compared to 2.84% in Syria.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Saudi Arabia, and 0.01% are in Syria.

True size map comparison: Saudi Arabia vs Syria

See how Saudi Arabia 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

	Saudi Arabia	Syria
Total area	868,730 sq mi	71,498 sq mi
Size difference ratio	12.2	1
Total area rank	12/197	87/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.44%	0.04%
Land area	830,000 sq mi	70,900 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	11.7	1
Land area rank	12/197	87/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.44%	0.12%
Population	35,300,280	24,672,760
Population density	44.1 ppl/mi²	375 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Saudi Arabia	Syria
Forest area	3,772 sq mi	2,016 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.45%	2.84%
Forest area rank	126/196	138/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	670,418 sq mi	52,533 sq mi
Agricultural land share	80.8%	74.1%
Agricultural land area rank	8/194	61/194
Share of global agricultural land	3.64%	0.29%
Arable land	13,245 sq mi	16,988 sq mi
Arable land share	1.6%	24%
Arable land area rank	65/191	53/191
Permanent cropland	799 sq mi	4,027 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.1%	5.68%
Permanent cropland area rank	82/192	34/192
Water area	38,730 sq mi	598 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.46%	0.84%
Water area rank	9/197	101/197
Roads length	137,554 mi	n/a
Land borders length	2,654 mi	1,468 mi
Coastline length	1,640 mi	119.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.5%	0.2%

Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia 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.