Sweden vs Iraq: which is bigger?

Sweden is bigger: 447,425 km² against 437,072 km², about 1.02 times the size of Iraq.

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Side by side at true size

Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.

And on the usual world map

On the usual world map Sweden looks 3.5 times bigger, not 1.02: the map inflates Sweden about 4.9 times and Iraq 1.43 times.

In numbers

Sweden: 447,425 km² (173,000 sq mi), 58th largest, around 62°N
Iraq: 437,072 km² (169,000 sq mi), 59th largest, around 33°N
Iraq would fit into Sweden about 1.02 times.

Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works