Iran is about 1.6 times bigger than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 60% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (82.6 million more people live in Iran).
This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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