Montana is about 1.2 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Montana is approximately 376,979 sq km, making Montana 86.01% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (39.5 million fewer people live in Montana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Montana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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