Country size comparison

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United Arab Emirates is about 5 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 19.07% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (30.5 million fewer people live in United Arab Emirates).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. United Arab Emirates uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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