Country size comparison

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Russia is about 39 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 3,801% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (101.6 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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