Country size comparison

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Russia is about 10 times bigger than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 937% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (55.3 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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