Country size comparison

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Mongolia is around the same size as Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Mongolia is approximately 1,564,116 sq km, making Mongolia 94.9% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (83.5 million fewer people live in Mongolia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Mongolia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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