Country size comparison
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Iran is about 4.1 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 308% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (49.5 million more people live in Iran).
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