Country size comparison

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Iran is about 994 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 99,265% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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