Country size comparison

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Mexico is about 1.2 times bigger than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 19% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (42.4 million more people live in Mexico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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