Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 1.8 times bigger than Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 84% larger than Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (21.9 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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