Country size comparison

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Albania is about 57 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, making Albania 1.74% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (83.7 million fewer people live in Albania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Albania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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