Country size comparison

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India is about 2 times bigger than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while India is approximately 3,287,263 sq km, making India 99% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (1.3 billion more people live in India).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. India uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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