Country size comparison
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Iran is about 13 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,206% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (77.2 million more people live in Iran).
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