Country size comparison

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Iran is about 12 times bigger than Greece.

Greece is approximately 131,957 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,149% larger than Greece. Meanwhile, the population of Greece is ~10.4 million people (82.0 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Greece vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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