Country size comparison

compared to

Iraq is about 1.3 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 33% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (6.6 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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