Country size comparison

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Sudan is around the same size as Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Sudan is approximately 1,861,484 sq km, making Sudan 13% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (38.8 million fewer people live in Sudan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Sudan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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