Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 264 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 26,325% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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