Iran is about 2.5 times bigger than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 153% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (48.4 million more people live in Iran).
This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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