Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 1.3 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 78.03% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (34.9 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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