Country size comparison

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Algeria is about 1.4 times bigger than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 45% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (42.6 million fewer people live in Algeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Algeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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