Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 11 times smaller than Iran.
Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 8.73% the size of Iran.
Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people
(73.9 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Iran
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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