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Kuwait vs Iraq

Kuwait and Iraq are compared here on capital city, currency, country calling code, ISO codes, population, area, languages and driving side, using the same source fields for both so every row is like for like.

First country

Second country

Kuwait

KWT · +965

VS

Iraq

IRQ · +964

Every field, side by side

Numeric rows carry a proportional bar. The larger figure is marked.

Official name

الكويت

العراق

Capital

Kuwait City

Baghdad

Country calling code

+965

+964

ISO alpha-2

KW

IQ

ISO alpha-3

KWT

IRQ

Currency

Kuwaiti dinar

Iraqi dinar

Currency code

KWD

IQD

Population

4,270,563

40,222,503larger

Area

17,818 km²

438,317 km²larger

Continent

Asia

Region

Western Asia

Languages

Arabic

Arabic, Kurdish

Time zone

UTC+03:00

Land borders

2

6

Internet domain

.kw

.iq

Drives on the

right

Centre point

29.5, 45.75

33, 44

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