Country size comparison

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Namibia is about 2 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, making Namibia 50.01% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (84.0 million fewer people live in Namibia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Namibia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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