Country size comparison

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Norway is about 5 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 19.65% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (81.2 million fewer people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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