Cameroon is 1.06× the size of Iraq

Cameroon covers about 464,000 km² (179,000 mi²) and Iraq about 437,000 km² (169,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

464,000km²Cameroon
437,000km²Iraq

200 km

Cameroon
Iraq

What fits

Iraq is 94% of the size of Cameroon.
Cameroon is larger by 27,000 km² (10,400 mi²), which is 6.2% of the area of Iraq.
Measured in Belgiums: Cameroon is about 15.1, Iraq about 14.3.

How they differ

Cameroon is larger, but Iraq has the larger population: 38.3 million against 28.4 million, 1.35× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 88 in Iraq against 61 in Cameroon: Iraq is 1.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,420 km apart.
On a standard web map Iraq looks larger than Cameroon: Cameroon at 6°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Iraq at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Iraq as 1.33× the size of Cameroon, when Cameroon is 1.06× the size of Iraq.
Together Cameroon and Iraq cover 902,000 km², close to the size of Nigeria (907,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 27,000 km², is about the size of Haiti (26,900 km²).
At Iraq's density, Cameroon would have 40.6 million people (it has 28.4 million). At Cameroon's density, Iraq would have 26.7 million (it has 38.3 million).
Iraq's centre is 27.3° of latitude, about 3,040 km, farther north than Cameroon's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Cameroon	1.06×
More people	Iraq	1.35×
More crowded	Iraq	1.43×
Farther north	Iraq	27.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Iraq	1.4× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Cameroon	Iraq
Belgium 30,700 km²	15.1×	14.3×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.90×	1.79×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.30×	1.22×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.24×	1.17×
France 548,000 km²	0.85×	0.80×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.15×	0.14×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Cameroon	Iraq
Area, main territory	464,000 km²179,000 mi²	437,000 km²169,000 mi²
Population	28.4 millionWikidata, 2023	38.3 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	61 per km²	88 per km²
Official area	475,000 km²Wikidata	437,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Yaoundé	Baghdad
Latitude range	2°N to 13°N	29°N to 37°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 464,000 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 475,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 437,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 437,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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