Country size comparison

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Switzerland is about 11 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 9.42% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (32.0 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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