Country size comparison

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Iran is about 13 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,154% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (82.0 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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