Vietnam is about 1.3 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, making Vietnam 75.56% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~47.0 million people (54.6 million more people live in Vietnam).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Vietnam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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