Country size comparison

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Sweden is around the same size as Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 3% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (30.0 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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