Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 17 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 1,632% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (34.7 million more people live in Iraq).
This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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