Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 23 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 4.26% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~92.4 million people (86.9 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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