Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 12 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 1,118% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (16.9 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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