New Zealand is about 1.6 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 61.33% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (35.4 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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