Country size comparison

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Iran is about 2.2 times bigger than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 119% larger than Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (67.1 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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