Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 1.4 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 45% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (20.6 million fewer people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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