Country size comparison

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Iran is about 7 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 596% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (79.0 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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