Country size comparison

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Niger is about 2.9 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 189% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~47.0 million people (19.1 million fewer people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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