Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 2.9 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 34.59% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (16.0 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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