Country size comparison

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Iran is around the same size as Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 11% larger than Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (86.0 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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