Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 2.6 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 38.69% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~92.4 million people (72.8 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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