Country size comparison

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Peru is about 2.9 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 193% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (8.2 million fewer people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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