Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1.4 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 45% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (28.1 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Somalia to Iraq · UN DESA 2020
417 people born in Somalia live in Iraq.
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