Country size comparison
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Iran is about 21 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 2,014% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (82.1 million more people live in Iran).
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