Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 1.2 times bigger than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 16% larger than Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (83.8 million fewer people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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