Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 3.7 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 273% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~3.6 million people (43.4 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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