Country size comparison
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Northern Mariana Islands is about 945 times smaller than Iraq.
Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Northern Mariana Islands is approximately 464 sq km, making Northern Mariana Islands 0.11% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (40.4 million fewer people live in Northern Mariana Islands).
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