Country size comparison

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Niger is about 1.3 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 76.87% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (62.3 million fewer people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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