Country size comparison

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Iran is about 2.6 times bigger than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 158% larger than Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (74.4 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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