Country size comparison

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Iran is about 5 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 447% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (25.7 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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