Country size comparison

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Denmark is about 38 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, making Denmark 2.61% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (80.8 million fewer people live in Denmark).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Denmark uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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