Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 14 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 6.96% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (28.6 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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