Country size comparison

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Greece is about 12 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Greece is approximately 131,957 sq km, making Greece 8.01% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (76.2 million fewer people live in Greece).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Greece uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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