Country size comparison
compared to
United States is about 22 times bigger than Iraq.
Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 2,143% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (296.9 million more people live in United States).
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