Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Norfolk Island instead of Iraq, you would:

Basic Needs

be 43.4% less likely to have internet access

In Iraq, approximately 81.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Norfolk Island, about 46.1% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 44.8% less coastline

Iraq has a total of 58 km of coastline. In Norfolk Island, that number is 32 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this

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Iraq is about 12,175 times bigger than Norfolk Island.
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Norfolk Island: At a glance

Norfolk Island is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 36 sq km. Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
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