Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 4.3 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 327% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (32.5 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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