Country size comparison

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Arkansas is about 12 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, making Arkansas 8.18% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (83.8 million fewer people live in Arkansas).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Arkansas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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