Kentucky is about 16 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 6.24% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (82.4 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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