Total & land area: Serbia vs Syria size comparison [2026]

Syria is 2.09 times bigger by total area compared to Serbia: 71,498 sq mi vs 34,170 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Syria is 70,900 sq mi vs 32,467 sq mi for Serbia — a 2.18 times difference in territory size.

Serbia ranks 111/197 by total surface area vs 87/197 for Syria.
Serbia occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.12% for Syria.
40.4% of Serbia's area is agricultural land vs 74.1% in Syria.
Serbia has 0.07% of the world's agricultural land area — Syria has 0.29%.
32.4% of Serbia is covered by forests, compared to 2.84% in Syria.
0.07% of the world's forests are in Serbia, and 0.01% are in Syria.

True size map comparison: Serbia vs Syria

See how Serbia 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

	Serbia	Syria
Total area	34,170 sq mi	71,498 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.09
Total area rank	111/197	87/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.04%
Land area	32,467 sq mi	70,900 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.18
Land area rank	111/197	87/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.12%
Population	6,586,476	24,672,760
Population density	200 ppl/mi²	375 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Serbia	Syria
Forest area	10,516 sq mi	2,016 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	32.4%	2.84%
Forest area rank	94/196	138/196
World's forests share	0.07%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	13,112 sq mi	52,533 sq mi
Agricultural land share	40.4%	74.1%
Agricultural land area rank	102/194	61/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.07%	0.29%
Arable land	10,050 sq mi	16,988 sq mi
Arable land share	31%	24%
Arable land area rank	71/191	53/191
Permanent cropland	826 sq mi	4,027 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.54%	5.68%
Permanent cropland area rank	81/192	34/192
Water area	1,702 sq mi	598 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.98%	0.84%
Water area rank	69/197	101/197
Roads length	28,222 mi	n/a
Land borders length	1,443 mi	1,468 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	119.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.2%

Serbia vs Syria size on the map

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

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