Country size comparison
compared to
Iraq is around the same size as California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 9% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (3.2 million more people live in Iraq).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Iraq
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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