Country size comparison

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Iran is around the same size as Sudan.

Sudan is approximately 1,861,484 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 88.54% the size of Sudan. Meanwhile, the population of Sudan is ~48.0 million people (38.8 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sudan vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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