Iraq total area: 437,072 sq km population: 27,499,638 (July 2007 est.) source: <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html" target="_blank">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html</a> ========== Afghanistan total area: 647,500 sq km population: 31,889,923 (July 2007 est.) source: <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html" target="_blank">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html</a> ========== and for that matter: Iran total area: 1.648 million sq km population: 65,397,521 (July 2007 est.) source: <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/ir.html" target="_blank">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/ir.html</a>