Country size comparison

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Iran is about 3.8 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 276% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (46.3 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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