Country size comparison

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Algeria is about 5 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 443% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (3.7 million more people live in Algeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Algeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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