Country size comparison

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Iran is about 5 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 400% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (52.9 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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