Country size comparison
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Iran is about 3.4 times bigger than Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 238% larger than Turkmenistan. Meanwhile, the population of Turkmenistan is ~5.6 million people (81.1 million more people live in Iran).
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Quality of Life Comparison · 8 statistics
Be 68.0% less likely to have internet access in Turkmenistan
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Turkmenistan is 7.2 times more expensive than Iran overall
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Moving from Iran to Turkmenistan · UN DESA 2020
1,887 people born in Iran live in Turkmenistan.
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