Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 11 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 962% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (32.0 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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