Country size comparison

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United Kingdom is about 7 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 14.78% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (19.0 million fewer people live in United Kingdom).
This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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