Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 54 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 1.85% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (74.9 million fewer people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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