Country size comparison
compared to
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).
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Quality of Life Comparison · 13 statistics
Be 89.6% more likely to be literate in South Africa
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
South Africa is 57.2% more expensive than Iraq overall
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Moving from Iraq to South Africa · UN DESA 2020
197 people born in Iraq live in South Africa.
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