Country size comparison

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Gambia is about 146 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 0.69% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (84.3 million fewer people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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