Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 3.3 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 234% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (35.7 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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