Country size comparison

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Iran is about 1.4 times smaller than Algeria.

Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 69.2% the size of Algeria. Meanwhile, the population of Algeria is ~44.2 million people (42.6 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Algeria vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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