Country size comparison

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Iran is about 18 times bigger than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,690% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.8 million people (81.6 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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