Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 14 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 1,336% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (28.6 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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