Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 1.7 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 58.24% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (20.8 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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