Country size comparison

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Iran is about 3.7 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 266% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (76.3 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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