Country size comparison

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Italy is about 1.4 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 68.75% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (20.6 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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