Country size comparison

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Libya is around the same size as Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 7% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (79.6 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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