Iraq is about 2.8 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 35.95% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (17.1 million fewer people live in Iraq).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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