Country size comparison

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Iran is about 16 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,507% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (78.8 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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