Country size comparison
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Iran is about 20 times bigger than United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,872% larger than United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, the population of United Arab Emirates is ~9.9 million people (76.8 million more people live in Iran).
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