Saudi Arabia is about 1.3 times bigger than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 30% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (51.4 million fewer people live in Saudi Arabia).
This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Saudi Arabia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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