Country size comparison

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Iran is about 25 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 2,412% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (63.6 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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