South Africa is about 2.8 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 178% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (17.1 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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