Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 3.3 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 29.98% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (35.7 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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