Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 18 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 5.59% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (76.5 million fewer people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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