Country size comparison

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Egypt is about 1.6 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, making Egypt 60.76% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (21.0 million more people live in Egypt).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Egypt uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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