Country size comparison

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Iran is about 1.3 times bigger than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 30% larger than Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (62.3 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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