Country size comparison

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Australia is about 18 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 1,666% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (14.3 million fewer people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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