Syria is 13% larger than Tunisia.
Area: 185,180 km2 World Factbook
Population: 17,951,639 (July 2014) World Factbook
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. Wikipedia
Area: 163,610 km2 World Factbook
Population: 10,937,521 (July 2014) World Factbook
Tunisia, officially the Tunisian Republic; is the northernmost country in Africa and, at almost 165,000 square kilometres in area, the smallest country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Wikipedia