Country size comparison

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Iran is around the same size as Mongolia.

Mongolia is approximately 1,564,116 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 5% larger than Mongolia. Meanwhile, the population of Mongolia is ~3.2 million people (83.5 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mongolia vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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