Country size comparison

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Iran is about 2.1 times bigger than Turkey.

Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 110% larger than Turkey. Meanwhile, the population of Turkey is ~85.9 million people (6.5 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Turkey vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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