Country size comparison

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Iran is about 65 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 6,411% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (81.0 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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