Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 1.7 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 72% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~47.0 million people (25.1 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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