Country size comparison

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Iran is about 14 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,302% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~3.6 million people (88.8 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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