Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 5 times smaller than Algeria.

Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 18.4% the size of Algeria. Meanwhile, the population of Algeria is ~44.2 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Algeria vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Be 76.1% less likely to live below the poverty line in Algeria
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Algeria is 0.9% cheaper than Iraq overall
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Moving from Iraq to Algeria · UN DESA 2020
7,441 people born in Iraq live in Algeria.
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