Country size comparison

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Iran is about 1.7 times bigger than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 74% larger than Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (22.9 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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