Country size comparison
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Iraq is about 21 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 1,983% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (33.9 million more people live in Iraq).
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