Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 3 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 203% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (37.4 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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