Country size comparison

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Libya is about 4 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 301% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (33.3 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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