Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 1.3 times bigger than Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 28% larger than Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (34.9 million more people live in Iraq).
This to-scale comparison of Republic of the Congo vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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