Country size comparison

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Iran is about 2.8 times bigger than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 183% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (84.4 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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