Country size comparison

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Iran is about 40 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 3,867% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (69.4 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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