Country size comparison

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Iran is about 10 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 906% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (86.1 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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