Country size comparison

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San Diego is about 1,953 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, making San Diego 0.05% the size of Iran.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. San Diego uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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