Country size comparison

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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 1.4 times bigger than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 42% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (21.6 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.