Country size comparison

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United Arab Emirates is about 1.2 times smaller than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 81.17% the size of Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (9.6 million more people live in United Arab Emirates).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. United Arab Emirates uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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