Country size comparison

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Iran is about 1.2 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 83.9% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (42.4 million fewer people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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