Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 2.2 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 45.66% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (67.1 million fewer people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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