Country size comparison

compared to

Sweden is about 3.7 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 27.32% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (76.3 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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